Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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To get a song out of your head, try doing something like a puzzle or Sudoku.
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‘Qatar’ is the world's most expensive bar of soap. Infused with gold and diamond powder, it costs a squeaky clean $2,800.
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On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
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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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Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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Daft Punk named their band after a negative reviewer called their act "a bunch of daft punk."
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