According to the New York Times, a study conducted during the 1980's found that men who kiss their wives before leaving for work live longer, get into fewer car accidents, and have a higher income than married men who don't.
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Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
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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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Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
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In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.
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NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) dumps old subway cars into the ocean to serve as artificial reef.
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More Americans have died in car accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States.
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Tsunamis ( tidal waves ) travel as fast as jet planes.
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