When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.
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Tsunamis ( tidal waves ) travel as fast as jet planes.
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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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The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
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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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If you dropped an aerodynamic object (such as a bullet) from the Empire State Building, you could kill someone.
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Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!
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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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