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| In 1993 Americans bought 59,000 miles of dental floss. |
| Methane gas can often be seen bubbling up from the bottom of ponds. It is produced by the decomposition of dead plants and animals in the mud. |
| Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know your there. |
| Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades--King David, Clubs--Alexander the Great, Hearts--Charlemagne and Diamonds--Julius Caesar. |
| In deep space most lubricants will disappear. |
| There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll. |
| The best-value consumer purchase in terms of the price and usage is an electric kettle. |
| When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror. |
| Some toothpaste's contain antifreeze. |
| Murphy's Oil Soap is the chemical most commonly used to clean elephants. |
| Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during WWI. |
| In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile services (two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not re-number the other channel assignments. That is why your TV set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1. |
| Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. |
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