30 years ago, you could buy a lifetime, unlimited first-class travel pass with American Airlines for $250,000.
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No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half!
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The average IQ is 100, while 140 is the beginning of genius IQ.
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Not swinging your arms when you walk increases the effort of walking by 12%, the equivalent of walking 20% faster or carrying a 10 kg backpack.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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The New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop!
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