Only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money. The rest exists only on computers.
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Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.
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There are no rental cars in Bermuda.
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There are 2,500,000 rivets in the Eiffel Tower.
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The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
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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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The 'L.L.' in L.L. Bean stands for 'Leon Leonwood'.
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