Drying your hands with paper towel will reduce the bacterial count by 45 - 60% on your hands. However, using a hand dryer will increase the bacteria on your hands by up to 255% because it blows out bacteria already living in the, conveniently, warm moist environment.
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If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion!
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Linen can absorb up to 20 times its weight in moisture before it feels damp!
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Marlboro cigarettes sold in New York contain more tar and nicotine than those sold in all other states!
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The song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', sung by the Beatles, refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool.
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The search engine Google got its name from the word 'googol', which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
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