NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) dumps old subway cars into the ocean to serve as artificial reef.
8
A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
72
There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants.
58
When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.
127
You burn 26 calories in a one minute kiss.
605
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.
11
97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine.
93
Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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