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Fill up your car or truck in the morning when the temperature is still cool. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground; and the colder the ground, the denser the gasoline. When it gets warmer gasoline expands, so if you're filling up in the afternoon or in the evening, what should be a gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and temperature of the fuel (gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products) are significant. Every truckload that we load is temperature-compensated so that the indicated gallonage is actually the amount pumped. A one-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for businesses, but service stations don't have temperature compensation at their pumps.

2. Marker Ink
Is your marker dry when you really need it? Revive the tip. Place the marker tip in rubbing alcohol for 15 minutes. Moisture will return to the tip and the marker will work if there's ink inside.3


3. Gambling with Gas
Once your gas meter reaches "E" you should get to a gas station ASAP. But keep in mind that most car and truck models are designed to drive roughly another 30 miles before they officially run out of gas.

4. Driver's License
If you find someone's driver's license on the street, just drop it in the mailbox as-is. The post office will send it to the owner with postage due upon delivery.


5. Super Glue
It's great to keep in an emergency kit. Use it to close a wound or cut. It stops the bleeding, reduces scarring and holds things together until you can get help. But only use it in case of an emergency.

6. Fuel Door
Don't want to drive up to the pump the wrong way? Check your gas gauge. You'll find a small arrow that points to the side the fuel door is on.

7. Perfect "Hard-Boiled" Eggs
No water necessary. Place the eggs in a muffin tin in an oven heated to 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Next dip the eggs in ice water and they will peel perfectly.
8. Gas Leaks
Even leaks that are too small to smell can be dangerous. To check for trouble before it occurs, spray soapy water on your gas connections. If the soapy water starts to bubble, you have a leak on your hands that you need to get fixed.

9. Google Search
In case you still don't know this, there's a faster way to search Google for what you're looking for in Chrome. Highlight a word or phrase in any text. Right click and choose "Search Google for...". A new window will pop up with the results.

10. Charging
Switch your phone to "airplane mode" before you charge it. Your phone won't search for a signal while its charging and you'll get to full bars much more quickly.

Other 45 Things Everyone Should Know

1. The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.
2. Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.
3. Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!
4. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
5. In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
6. A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
7. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
8. There is a city called Rome on every continent.
9. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
10. Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.
11. The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London
12. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
13. Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!
14. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!
15. One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
16. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
17. The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man
18. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
19. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
20. The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.
21. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
22. Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.
23. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
24. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
25. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
26. On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.
27. More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
28. The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
29. More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.
30. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
31. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
32. Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
33. You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
34. Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!
35. Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
36. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
37. The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
38. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
39. Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not
40. Slugs have 4 noses.
41. Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.
42. A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!
43. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
44. The average person laughs 10 times a day!
45. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain