Random Interesting Facts

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    A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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    Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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    Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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    Ice Worms
    Ice Worms
    Ice worms live in glaciers and if they're exposed to temperatures above 40°F, they melt!
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    Standard paper cannot be folded in half more than 7 times.
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    It has been calculated that every 2 minutes, we take more pictures than all of humanity in the 19th century.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
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