There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants.
58
Pollen can travel up to 500 miles in a day.
40
Each year, more than 50,000 people are injured by jewelry in the U.S.
29
If you get water flowing fast enough, it can cut metal.
354
It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
29
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.
11
The revenue that is generated from gambling is more than the revenue that comes from movies, cruise ships, recorded music, theme parks, and spectator sports combined.
15