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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Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
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Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
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SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'.
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Pollen can travel up to 500 miles in a day.
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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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