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Fact

Every day, millions of dead skin cells are sloughed off or worn away from the surface of your skin. In fact, every 35 to 45 days, you have an entirely new epidermis.


Fact

Just one acre of Christmas trees can produce enough oxygen for 18 people.


Fact

The pratice of spring cleaning comes from Iranian, Jewish and Chinese traditions. All three cultures cleaned their homes in anticipation of the new year, which falls in the spring.


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The Romans worshipped some very specific gods. The had a goddess for Rome’s sewer system (Cloacina) and another for thresholds and door hinges (Cardea). You just can’t beat a divinely protected door hinge.


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Herman Melville’s ‘Moby Dick’ was inspired by a real event perhaps more spellbiding than the book. In 1820, the Nantucket whale ship Essex was repeatedly rammed by a large sperm whale and sank ine the Pacific Ocean, leaving 20 crewmembers adrift in three small whaleboats for 95 days. Only eight men survived.


Love Story

“True love is like a psychic experience. Everyone tells ghost stories, but few have ever seen a ghost.”


Fact

Hedonism (HEE duh nihz uhm) is the belief that pleasure is the highest good of life. The term hedonism come from a Greek word meaning pleasure.


Fact

The Human eye blinks an average of 3.7 million times per year.


Fact

Streching your joints, such as your knuckles, releases oxygen and other gases from fluid that lubricates the joints. This is what makes the cracking sound.


Fact

Fifty-five percent of people will yawn within five minutes of seeing someone else yawn.


Fact

The world’s longest shared border is the 3,987 mile (6,416 kilometer) boundary between the United States and Canada.


Fact

The yo-yo is older than any other toy except the doll. The ancient Greeks were playing with them more than 2,500 years ago, and there’s some evidence that the Chinese had developed similar toys before that.


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The company name ‘LEGO’ is an abbreviation of the Danish words ‘leg godt’ or ‘play well’.


Fact

Today, most remote controls use infrared light or radio frequencies to transmit signals to devices. But older remote controls used ultrasonic sound, which is why it was possible to change the channel just by playing with a Slinky near the TV.