Real diamonds do not show up on x-ray.
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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 chills you sometimes feel when listening to music is called "musical frisson."
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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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Seaweed can grow up to 12 inches per day!
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There are 635,013,559,599 possible hands in a game of bridge.
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Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
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