NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) dumps old subway cars into the ocean to serve as artificial reef.
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The number of text messages sent and received in a given day is greater than the world's population.
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Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
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People who drink coffee are less likely to commit suicide than people who don't.
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In 1976, an underachieving Princeton junior undergraduate wrote a term paper detailing how to make a nuclear bomb. He got an "A", but never got his paper back because it was seized by the FBI.
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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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85% of all Valentine's Day cards are purchased by women!
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