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    There are over 16,251 full-service restaurants in the vicinity of NYC. You could visit one every day for 40 years and still not have visited them all. This excludes counter service restaurants and cafeterias.
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    The streets of Victor, Colorado, once a gold rush town, are paved with low-grade gold.
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    Tsunami Stones
    Tsunami Stones
    Around 300 ft uphill from the highest water level reached by the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami sits a centuries-old stone marker that warns: “Do not build your homes below this point!”
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    'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth! "
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    Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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    People who laugh more are better able to tolerate pain - both physical and emotional.
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    Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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    Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
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