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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A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
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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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New York's Central Park is nearly twice the size of the entire country of Monaco.
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It has been calculated that every 2 minutes, we take more pictures than all of humanity in the 19th century.
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You can immediately cool down a car that has been sitting under the sun by rolling down the window on one side and opening-closing the door on the other side 5-6 times.
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Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
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There are 365 steps on the front of the U.S. Capitol Building - one for every day of the year.
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