The Bank of America was originally the Bank of Italy!
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Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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The 1 yen coin can be used as a weight, because it weighs exactly one gram. Also, it can float on water.
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The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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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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