An ounce of platinum can be stretched 10,000 feet.
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If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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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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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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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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In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!
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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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Not swinging your arms when you walk increases the effort of walking by 12%, the equivalent of walking 20% faster or carrying a 10 kg backpack.
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