A man earned 4 million airline miles for free without breaking any laws by using his credit card to purchase free-delivery $1 coins from the U.S. mint.
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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 French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
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A pipe 2 feet in diameter will allow four times more fluid to pass through it than a pipe 1 foot in diameter.
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Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
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The best recorded distance for projectile vomiting is 27 feet.
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It has been calculated that every 2 minutes, we take more pictures than all of humanity in the 19th century.
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Tsunamis ( tidal waves ) travel as fast as jet planes.
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