SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'.
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Each year, more than 50,000 people are injured by jewelry in the U.S.
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The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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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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Only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money. The rest exists only on computers.
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Tsunamis ( tidal waves ) travel as fast as jet planes.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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