Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
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Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process.
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"Dysania" is the state of finding it hard getting up out of bed in the morning.
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A new baby usually deprives each of it's parents around 350-400 hours of sleep in the first year. That is one entire nights sleep per week, per parent.
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To get a song out of your head, try doing something like a puzzle or Sudoku.
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The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
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Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.
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