A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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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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Real diamonds do not show up on x-ray.
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More than 50% of Americans fall asleep on their sides.
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All the gold ever mined could be molded into a cube 60 feet high and 60 feet wide.
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There are 86,400 seconds in a day.
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New York's Central Park is nearly twice the size of the entire country of Monaco.
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When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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