A new baby usually deprives each of it's parents around 350-400 hours of sleep in the first year. That is one entire nights sleep per week, per parent.
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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There are more fatal car accidents in July than any other month.
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The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time.
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Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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Linen can absorb up to 20 times its weight in moisture before it feels damp!
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In 2003, the U.S. Government spent about $2,000,000.00 on potato research!
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