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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You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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If you took a standard slinky and stretched it out it would measure 87 feet.
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Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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The longest Monopoly game in history lasted 70 straight days.
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The harder you concentrate on falling asleep, the less likely you are to fall asleep.
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About two hundred babies are born worldwide every minute.
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The best recorded distance for projectile vomiting is 27 feet.
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