Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
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NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) dumps old subway cars into the ocean to serve as artificial reef.
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People who laugh more are better able to tolerate pain - both physical and emotional.
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There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.
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It takes 492 seconds for sunlight to reach the Earth!
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Anuptaphobia is the fear of staying single.
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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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A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
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