The chills you sometimes feel when listening to music is called "musical frisson."
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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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When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.
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There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
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At 90 degrees below zero, your breath will freeze in mid-air and fall to the ground.
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A real estate agent's rule of thumb: To estimate what a house will sell for, ask the owner what its worth and subtract 10%.
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In 1997, a survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
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