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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The most children born to one woman was 69, she was a peasant who lived a 40 year life, in which she had 16 twins, 7 triplets, and 4 quadruplets.
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More Americans have died in car accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States.
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It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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On average, a disposable diaper can hold up to 7 pounds of liquid.
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'.
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