In 2003, the U.S. Government spent about $2,000,000.00 on potato research!
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.
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The chocobo in Final Fantasy was based on a real creature called a “Gastornis” that existed 45 million years ago.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
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If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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