Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.
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An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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A Swiss man replaced his car's broken heater with a fully functional wood burning stove.
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Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.
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An ounce of platinum can be stretched 10,000 feet.
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Any domino can knock over another object up to 1.5x its size. The 32nd object would be big enough to knock over the Empire State Building.
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Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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The largest hotel suite in the world is located 22 stories under the surface in the Grand Canyon Caverns. One night for two people in this 65 million year old cave is $700.
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