One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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The most children born to one woman was 69, she was a peasant who lived a 40 year life, in which she had 16 twins, 7 triplets, and 4 quadruplets.
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Mentally doing a task makes you better at it. Your mind can barely tell the difference.
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It's impossible to sink in the Dead Sea without equipment!
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'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth! "
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A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
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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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On average, every dollar bill you touch has over 3,000 different types of bacteria.
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