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- Peanut butter is an effective way to remove
Facts
chewing gum from hair or clothes.
- An apple, potato, and onion, all taste the same
if you eat them with your nose plugged. They all
taste sweet.
- Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help
a person from producing tears.
- According to legend, tea originated in China
when tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of
boiling water.
- Alcohol beverages have all 13 minerals
necessary for human life.
- Frozen food can be just as nutritious as fresh
food.
- Blueberries have more antioxidants than any
other fruits or vegetables.
- One billion seconds is about 32 years.
- The average day is actually 23 hours, 56 minutes
and 4.09 seconds. We have a leap year every
four years to make up for this shortfall.
- An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than
a toilet.
- Teflon is the most slippery substance in the
world.
- The best time for a person to buy shoes is in
the afternoon. This is because the foot tends
to swell a bit around this time.
- Oral-B was the first toothbrush to go to the
moon when it was aboard the Apollo 11
mission.
- Hundreds of years ago, only the wealthy
people used to wear underwear.
- Leather skin does not have any smell. The
leather smell that you sense is actually
derived from the materials used in the
tanning process.
- The term ‘Mayday’ used for signaling for
help (after SOS) comes from the French
‘M’aidez’, which is pronounced ‘mayday’, and
means help me.
- The word 'Karate' means empty hand.
- The colour blue has a calming effect.
It causes the brain to release calming
hormones.
Source: amazingfacts.com
- Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left
plugged in after use.
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