Fun Facts: People waste THIS MUCH TIME waiting at traffic lights?
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People will waste six months of their lives waiting for traffic lights to turn green. ( )
Humans will start the day just slightly taller. ( )
Writers used to use wet bread as erasers until the modern rubber tools were invented around 1770. ( )
Many Russians considered beer a soft drink until a decade ago. ( )
The Australian marsupials are the only animals known in the world to produce cube-shaped feces. ( )
Salivary gland production varies between 2-6 cups per day. ( )
The underwater mailbox was proposed to attract more tourists and divers to Susami Bay. ( )
The addictive quality and small packaging of cheese makes the dairy product highly targeted among shoplifters. ( )
The 1992 Singaporean law helps prevent people from spitting gum on the ground. ( )
The "immortal jellyfish" can also hit the reset button when it becomes injured or threatened. ( )
Birds, monkeys and even snakes have been spotted inside the Vietnam cave. ( )
An average person in the Western world eats about 70,000 pounds of food in a lifetime. ( )
The Eiffel Tower was originally scheduled to be demolished after 20 years. ( )
Lightning also moves about 30,000 times faster than a bullet. ( )
Dubai's Burj Khalifa set the record as the world's tallest building in 2010 when it first opened. ( )