The New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop!
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In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!
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Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
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Ninety-nine percent of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration.
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A typical lead pencil can draw a line that is 35 miles long.
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Playing Tetris after a traumatic event can prevent the development of traumatic memories and reduce the chance of having flashbacks.
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We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
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The average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average person anywhere else in the world.
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