The average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average person anywhere else in the world.
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When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
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"Big Ben" in London isn't a tower, the bell inside the tower is called "Big Ben", the tower itself is called "The Elizabeth Tower".
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One in five long-term love relationships began with one or both partners being involved with others.
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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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You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider!
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New York's Central Park is nearly twice the size of the entire country of Monaco.
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In 1976, an underachieving Princeton junior undergraduate wrote a term paper detailing how to make a nuclear bomb. He got an "A", but never got his paper back because it was seized by the FBI.
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