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Tuesday is the most productive day of the working week.
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The ZIP code means Zoning Improvement Plan.
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Months that start on a Sunday always have a Friday the 13th.
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Phasmophobia is the fear of ghosts.
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In a recent survey, 68% of people admitted to fantasising about somebody
else whilst making love.
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Due to the contraction and expansion of metal, the Eiffel Tower's height
varies by several inches, depending on temperature.
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Tulips originated in Turkey and were only exported to Holland in the 17th
century.
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The average life expectancy of a toilet is 50 years.
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Australian bank notes are now made out of plastic.
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Paper money in the UK is made out of cotton and linen.
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The average person will spend around 2 weeks of their life waiting on traffic
lights to change.
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Petroleum accounts for nearly half the world's energy supply.
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London cabbies estimate that their average driving speed is just under
10 mph due to the ever increasing traffic congestion.
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Broken clocks are right at least twice a day.
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The average American will see or hear over 500 advertisements each day.
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In America, it's estimated that around 4-5 million junk telephone calls
are made daily (phone solicitations by persons or programmed machine).
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Per capita, Canada has more doughnut shops than any other country
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There are more TV sets in the UK (70 million+) than there are people (~60
million).
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In logging slang, a messy pile of logs is called a "jackpot".
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The average woman consumes 6 lbs of lipstick in her lifetime.
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No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
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The typical pencil can draw a line 35 miles long.
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The word dreamt is the only word in the English language that ends in mt.
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More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby.
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In Spain, Colgate faced a marketing problem with its toothpaste. Colgate
- phonetically close to Cuelgate, which translates to "go hang yourself."
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In the 1940s, the Bich pen was changed to Bic for fear that Americans would
pronounce it "bitch."
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Man is the only animal that cries.