More than 10% of the world's salt is used to de-ice American roads.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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There are over 16,251 full-service restaurants in the vicinity of NYC. You could visit one every day for 40 years and still not have visited them all. This excludes counter service restaurants and cafeterias.
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Pollen never deteriorates. It is one of the few natural substances that lasts indefinitely.
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The largest hotel suite in the world is located 22 stories under the surface in the Grand Canyon Caverns. One night for two people in this 65 million year old cave is $700.
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When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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The harder you concentrate on falling asleep, the less likely you are to fall asleep.
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Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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