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    There are 2,500,000 rivets in the Eiffel Tower.
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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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    If you dropped an aerodynamic object (such as a bullet) from the Empire State Building, you could kill someone.
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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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    Funeral Poets of Amsterdam
    If you die in Amsterdam with no next of kin and no-one to attend your funeral, a poet will write a poem for you and recite it at your funeral.
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    The streets of Victor, Colorado, once a gold rush town, are paved with low-grade gold.
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    Drying your hands with paper towel will reduce the bacterial count by 45 - 60% on your hands. However, using a hand dryer will increase the bacteria on your hands by up to 255% because it blows out bacteria already living in the, conveniently, warm moist environment.
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    The most collected calls are made on Father's Day.
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