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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The Gate Tower Building skyscraper in Japan has a highway passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
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The majority of suicides occur on a Monday.
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The 1 yen coin can be used as a weight, because it weighs exactly one gram. Also, it can float on water.
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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
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Real diamonds do not show up on x-ray.
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