When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.
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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 chocobo in Final Fantasy was based on a real creature called a “Gastornis” that existed 45 million years ago.
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On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
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There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.
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The scent of women’s tears temporarily reduces sexual arousal and testosterone production in men.
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The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
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