The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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Each year, more than 50,000 people are injured by jewelry in the U.S.
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If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion!
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Oak trees can live 200 or more years.
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It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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There are over 16,251 full-service restaurants in the vicinity of NYC. You could visit one every day for 40 years and still not have visited them all. This excludes counter service restaurants and cafeterias.
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