In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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Since 1982, a radio frequency emanating from Russia has been broadcasting a buzzer-like sound and, periodically, an unknown voice reads orders, names, and numbers. No one knows where exactly it is coming from or what it means.
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One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers were originally called the Pirates.
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If you get water flowing fast enough, it can cut metal.
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Tae Kwon Do is only around 60 years old.
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There are 170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ways to play the ten opening moves in a game of chess.
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