Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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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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The New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop!
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The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.
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"Dysania" is the state of finding it hard getting up out of bed in the morning.
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The largest hotel suite in the world is located 22 stories under the surface in the Grand Canyon Caverns. One night for two people in this 65 million year old cave is $700.
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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The longest Monopoly game in history lasted 70 straight days.
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