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    The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
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    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.
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    If you took a standard slinky and stretched it out it would measure 87 feet.
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    You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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    In Monopoly, the character locked behind the bars is called Jake the Jailbird. Officer Edgar Mallory sent him to jail.
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    Only humans shed emotional tears.
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    Invention of the Microwave
    Invention of the Microwave
    The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
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    The ashes of the average cremated person weigh nine pounds.
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