When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.
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According to the New York Times, a study conducted during the 1980's found that men who kiss their wives before leaving for work live longer, get into fewer car accidents, and have a higher income than married men who don't.
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More than 6,000 people with pillow-related injuries check into U.S. emergency rooms every year!
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The streets of Victor, Colorado, once a gold rush town, are paved with low-grade gold.
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The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 8 times.
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There are over 16,251 full-service restaurants in the vicinity of NYC. You could visit one every day for 40 years and still not have visited them all. This excludes counter service restaurants and cafeterias.
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