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In 1875 the director of the US patent office resigned. He said that there was nothing left to invent
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The Channel between England and France grows about 300 millimeters each year
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The average person’s field of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide angle
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Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name
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On average, a person has two million sweat glands
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Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
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Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
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Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.
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The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples
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97% of the earth’s water is undrinkable
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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it
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All babies are color blind when they are born
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Babies’ eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old
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14 million people were killed in World War I, 20 million died in flu epidemic in the years that followed
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There are more than 40,000 characters in the Chinese script
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Vision requires more brain power than the other four senses
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On average, men are 40% muscle and 15% fat; women are 23% muscle and 25% fat
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There are no public toilets in Peru
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Urine and tears have the same basic ingredients
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The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.