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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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    In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.
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    Walt Disney World: Second Largest Purchaser of Explosives in U.S.
    Walt Disney World is the second largest purchaser of explosives in the United States, after the Department of Defense.
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    Increased Creativity
    Increased Creativity
    Research has found that you're more likely to have a creative epiphany when you're doing something monotonous, like fishing, exercising, or showering.
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    The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
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    Napping After Learning
    Napping After Learning
    Taking a nap after learning something can help your retention of it.
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    30 years ago, you could buy a lifetime, unlimited first-class travel pass with American Airlines for $250,000.
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    Invention of the Microwave
    Invention of the Microwave
    The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
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