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1.The average person will spend 200 days of their life looking for lost items.
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You look for things a lot more then you realize.
2.The most overdue library book was 288 years late.
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The book belonged to the Sidney Sussex College. It was borrowed in 1668 and returned 288 years later!
3.A typical 2x4 LEGO brick can theoretically hold over 200,000 real bricks without it being broken or damaged in any way.
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The structure of LEGO bricks are actually extremely strong!
4.Expiration dates on water bottles are for the bottles, not the water.
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After enough time passes, chemicals from the plastic will leach into the water, making it dangerous to drink.
5.The most stolen book from libraries are the books from the Hunger Games trilogy.
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Nonfictional books are stolen much more often then fiction genres. The most stolen book is actually the book of Guiness World Records.
6.Thousands of people from around the world are working together to create a 1:1 replica of the entire earth in Minecraft.
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7.You are 200% more likely to die on your birthday.
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That's a lie, but you are slightly more likely to die on your birthday because of the candles or the activities done on birthdays (such as skydiving).
8.Ozone increases the chances of surviving certain types of cancer. Sadly, it still cannot cure it.
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Nope. Ozone is fatal to humans.
9.All the numbers on a roulette wheel add up to 777.
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They actually add up to 666. I wonder if that was intentional...
10.Wood is rarer than diamonds.
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On Earth, no. But throughout the universe, wood is much rarer because of the unique conditions wood needs to form.
11.The geographical name 'Tohopekaliga' is considered a 4th-grade-level spelling bee word. Typically, you find words like drooped, stitchery, and intertwine.
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Lake Tohopekaliga is a lake in Florida and is not used for 4th-grade-level spelling bee words. Also, you might want to hear a pronounciation of it.
12.1/3 of divorce filings contain 'Facebook' somewhere in them.
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Let's just say Facebook causes problems.
13.Thomas Edison claimed that the idea he had for the working design of the light bulb from a dream he had a few days earlier.
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14.The Supreme Court has a private basketball court.
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15.In Finland, there are more saunas than cars.
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There are 2 million saunas in Finland, 7.1 million cars, and 5 million people. There may not be more saunas, but that's certainly a lot.