Random Interesting Facts

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    You can't tickle yourself.
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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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    The girl who voiced Lilo from "Lilo & Stitch" (Daveigh Chase) was also Samara from The Ring.
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    A human brain produces as many as 12,000 to 50,000 thoughts per day, depending on how deep a thinker a person is.
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    The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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    A cat can jump FIVE TIMES as high as it is tall!
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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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    Subway Air Contains 15% Human Skin
    Scientists found that 15% of matter in the air at subway stations is human skin, from areas such as heels, belly buttons, armpits, and rear ends.
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