A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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If you dropped an aerodynamic object (such as a bullet) from the Empire State Building, you could kill someone.
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To get a song out of your head, try doing something like a puzzle or Sudoku.
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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
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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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When watching a DVD press stop-stop-play-skip to skip the ads and go straight to the movie.
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Caffeine boosts memory.
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The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
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