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    There are 365 steps on the front of the U.S. Capitol Building - one for every day of the year.
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    Tsunami Stones
    Tsunami Stones
    Around 300 ft uphill from the highest water level reached by the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami sits a centuries-old stone marker that warns: “Do not build your homes below this point!”
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    65-Year-Old Bottled Plant
    65-Year-Old Bottled Plant
    There's a plant that has survived in a sealed bottle for over 65 years. It was watered just once in 55 years.
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    The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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    Play-Doh was first manufactured as a wallpaper cleaner.
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    On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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    The symbol on the 'pound' key (#) is called an octothorpe.
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    Wearing yellow makes you look bigger on camera; green, smaller.
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