‘Tree shaping’ is the art of growing trees and roots into things like bridges, chairs, “people trees”, ladders, fences, jungle gyms, tunnels, and, theoretically, could even be used to grow homes.
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Group "brainstorming" makes each individual in the group less creative and doesn't work as efficiently as the same number of people working alone and then later pooling their ideas.
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The streets of Victor, Colorado, once a gold rush town, are paved with low-grade gold.
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In 2003, the U.S. Government spent about $2,000,000.00 on potato research!
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The symbol on the 'pound' key (#) is called an octothorpe.
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Tsunamis ( tidal waves ) travel as fast as jet planes.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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