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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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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There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!
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'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth! "
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Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers.
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NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) dumps old subway cars into the ocean to serve as artificial reef.
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The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time.
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If you get water flowing fast enough, it can cut metal.
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