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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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    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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    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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    A typical lead pencil can draw a line that is 35 miles long.
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    Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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    There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!
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    Real diamonds do not show up on x-ray.
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    A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.!
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