Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
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Macklemore and his hit “Thrift Shop” was the first time since 1994 that a song reached number 1 on the Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label.
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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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Kilts are not native to Scotland. They originated in France.
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People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights!
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