Tsunamis ( tidal waves ) travel as fast as jet planes.
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Sudbury Valley School allows students to do whatever they want; no curriculum, tests, homework, or even classes unless requested. 82% of students get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
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Mentally doing a task makes you better at it. Your mind can barely tell the difference.
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People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights!
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Every year around 1 billion Valentine cards are sent. After Christmas it's a single largest seasonal card-sending occasion.
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The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
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If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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The best recorded distance for projectile vomiting is 27 feet.
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