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    There are 2,500,000 rivets in the Eiffel Tower.
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    A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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    When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour.
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    The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.
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    If you get water flowing fast enough, it can cut metal.
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    In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.
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    Ninety-nine percent of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration.
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    'X' became symbolic for a kiss because in the middle ages when alot of people were illiterate and they used to sign documents with an X and then kiss it for sincerity.
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