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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62% of us pop our zits.
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The French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
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It's impossible to sink in the Dead Sea without equipment!
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Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers.
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Blue eyes are the most sensitive to light, dark brown the least sensitive.
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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Water is actually naturally blue.
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