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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A fire in Australia has been burning for more than 5,000 years!
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Tae Kwon Do is only around 60 years old.
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On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
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Extremely high pressured water can easily cut through a steel beam.
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The ashes of the average cremated person weigh nine pounds.
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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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