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- Did you know a car travelling at 80kph (50mph) uses half its fuel to overcome wind resistance
- Did you know dolphins can hear underwater sounds from 24km (15miles) away
- Did you know The US shreds 7,000 tons of worn out currency each year
- Did you know americans spend $10 million a day on potato chips
- Did you know 70% of all Irish barley grown goes towards the production of Guinness beer
- Did you know a Chinese checkerboard has 121 holes
- Did you know the average person will consume 100 tons of food and 45,424 liters (12,000 gallons) of water in their lifetime
- Did you know a deck of cards should be shuffled at least 7 times before playing
- Did you know 32% of all land in the U.S. is owned by the government
- Did you know the letter W is the only letter in the alphabet that has 3 syllables (all others have 1)
- Did you know 1 out of every 8 letters written is an e
- Did you know 45,000 thunderstorms around the world occur every day
- Did you know Elvis Presley made only 1 television commercial
- Did you know the typical wave height from Pacific tsunami is between 6 - 9 metres
- Did you know wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times
- Did you know 55% of all movies are rated R
- Did you know there are 2 chickens for every person
- Did you know 80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21
- Did you know half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18
- Did you know there are a million ants for every person on Earth