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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Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers and lawns.
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There is a fake village with fake shops and restaurants that is actually a care home for elderly dementia sufferers in the Netherlands.
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If left alone, 70% of birthmarks gradually fade away.
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The French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
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Author J K Rowling wrote the final chapter of the last Harry Potter book in "something like 1990", seven years before the release of the first book.
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In the U.S., more than 10% of lottery prizes go unclaimed!
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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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