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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Coins usually survive in circulation for about 30 years.
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The average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average person anywhere else in the world.
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WAL-MART generates $3,000,000.00 in revenues every 7 minutes!
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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Extremely high pressured water can easily cut through a steel beam.
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If you flip a coin ten times, the odds against its coming up with the same side showing each time are 1,023 to 1.
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