Hong Kong has more Rolls Royces per person than anywhere else in the world.
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Dartboards are made out of horsehairs.
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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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Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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Kilts are not native to Scotland. They originated in France.
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The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
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