Macklemore and his hit “Thrift Shop” was the first time since 1994 that a song reached number 1 on the Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label.
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The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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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 Gate Tower Building skyscraper in Japan has a highway passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
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Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers and lawns.
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Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
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There are over 16,251 full-service restaurants in the vicinity of NYC. You could visit one every day for 40 years and still not have visited them all. This excludes counter service restaurants and cafeterias.
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The chocobo in Final Fantasy was based on a real creature called a “Gastornis” that existed 45 million years ago.
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