The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie Psycho.
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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People who laugh more are better able to tolerate pain - both physical and emotional.
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A real estate agent's rule of thumb: To estimate what a house will sell for, ask the owner what its worth and subtract 10%.
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The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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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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