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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Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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At the time of your birth, you were, for a few seconds, the youngest person on the planet.
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On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
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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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Ninety-nine percent of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration.
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Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"!
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The hole in the soda can tab is actually used to hold a straw in place and stop it from rising.
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