The Gate Tower Building skyscraper in Japan has a highway passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
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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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One in five long-term love relationships began with one or both partners being involved with others.
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Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.
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You can start a fire with ice.
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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According to an assistant professor of psychology and marketing at NYU, wearing red increases your chances in things like dating and hitchhiking.
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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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