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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Each year, more than 50,000 people are injured by jewelry in the U.S.
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A Swiss man replaced his car's broken heater with a fully functional wood burning stove.
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Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.
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More Americans have died in car accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States.
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If you get water flowing fast enough, it can cut metal.
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