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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A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove!
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.
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A million dollars' worth of $100 bills weighs only 22 pounds!
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20252 is Smokey the Bear's own zip code.
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The Gate Tower Building skyscraper in Japan has a highway passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
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The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
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