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According to one helpful-hint expert, you can use a drop of vinegar or vodka on each lens to clean eyeglasses without streaks.
 
If the Milky Way Galaxy was the size of the U.S.A., Earth would be far smaller than the smallest particle of dust, barely visible through the most powerful microscopes.
 
On October 5, 1953, the Yankees won their fifth straight World Series, a headlining feat never before achieved in baseball history. They beat the Dodgers 4-3 in the decisive sixth game of the series. Additionally, the Yankees chalked up their sixteenth World Championship against only four defeats.
 
To wash a day's worth of dirty dishes by hand, it can take as much as 27 gallons of water. To do it in an efficient dishwasher takes only 4 to 5 gallons of water.
 
Dolphins sleep with one eye shut and one eye open so even when they're sleeping they can find their way to the surface of the water to take a breath of air.
 
Sharks lose a lot of teeth in their lives, but they never run out. New teeth grow in again and again. A shark can use up 20,000 teeth in its life.
 
The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that the sound it makes is actually a tiny sonic boom.
 
53% of women would dump their boyfriend if they did not get them anything for Valentine's Day.
 
In the United States, more than 4.2 million couples live together that are not married.
 
A bullwhip consists of a handle section, a thong, a fall, and a cracker. A wrist loop may also be present, although its chief purpose is for hanging one's whip on a hook. Aesthetically, it finishes the handle.
 
A Canadian Inuit named Simon Tookoome is an expert bullwhip handler and has used it to hunt ptarmigans, caribou, and to kill a wolf.
 
Every three seconds, an area of the South American rain forest the size of a football field is cut down.
 
Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales were greeted by bad reviews: "…quite unsuitable for children…positively harmful for the mind…"
 
In the Middle Ages, chicken soup was considered an aphrodisiac...Real Fact #306 from the cap of Snapple Nectarine white tea.
 
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