There's a company in China that allows you to hire someone to stand in line for you for $3-$5 an hour.
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If you get water flowing fast enough, it can cut metal.
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Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process.
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When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.
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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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No one knows Albert Einstein's last words. Just before he passed, he spoke several words in German, but his nurse only knew English.
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Ninety-nine percent of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration.
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There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants.
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