A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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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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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.
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The small pocket in the larger pocket of your jeans was designed for pocket watches.
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The most collected calls are made on Father's Day.
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If you get water flowing fast enough, it can cut metal.
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There are 86,400 seconds in a day.
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