The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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