Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.
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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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The streets of Victor, Colorado, once a gold rush town, are paved with low-grade gold.
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If you took a standard slinky and stretched it out it would measure 87 feet.
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Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million.
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