In 2003, the U.S. Government spent about $2,000,000.00 on potato research!
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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
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Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.
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More Americans have died in car accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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Each 5 m.p.h. you drive over 60 m.p.h. is like paying an additional $.10 a gallon for gas!
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The harder you concentrate on falling asleep, the less likely you are to fall asleep.
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