You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
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A typical lead pencil can draw a line that is 35 miles long.
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Only humans shed emotional tears.
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Drying your hands with paper towel will reduce the bacterial count by 45 - 60% on your hands. However, using a hand dryer will increase the bacteria on your hands by up to 255% because it blows out bacteria already living in the, conveniently, warm moist environment.
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Author J K Rowling wrote the final chapter of the last Harry Potter book in "something like 1990", seven years before the release of the first book.
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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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The Bank of America was originally the Bank of Italy!
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Each year, more than 50,000 people are injured by jewelry in the U.S.
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