The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
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There are over 16,251 full-service restaurants in the vicinity of NYC. You could visit one every day for 40 years and still not have visited them all. This excludes counter service restaurants and cafeterias.
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Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
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When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.
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If you dropped an aerodynamic object (such as a bullet) from the Empire State Building, you could kill someone.
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Tsunamis ( tidal waves ) travel as fast as jet planes.
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Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.
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On average, every dollar bill you touch has over 3,000 different types of bacteria.
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