Americans spend an average of six months of their lives waiting at red lights.

Seventy-five million copies of Rod McKuen’s books of poetry have been sold worldwide. He has recorded 249 albums of mostly original music, 73 of which have gone platinum and 115 gold. He also claims to have coined the phrase, “make love not war” when he was serving in Korea.

According to Pure Energy Systems News, adding tiny amounts of acetone to fuel can increase mileage 15-35%, and can also reduce hydrocarbon emissions up to 60%.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

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