Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers were originally called the Pirates.
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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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If you had 10 billion $1 notes and spent one every second of every day, it would require 317 years for you to go broke.
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People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights!
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Not swinging your arms when you walk increases the effort of walking by 12%, the equivalent of walking 20% faster or carrying a 10 kg backpack.
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The search engine Google got its name from the word 'googol', which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
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The higher someone’s I.Q. the more likely they are to be sleep deprived.
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