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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Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia.
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NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) dumps old subway cars into the ocean to serve as artificial reef.
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The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time.
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Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
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