The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
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The average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average person anywhere else in the world.
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Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.
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The 1 yen coin can be used as a weight, because it weighs exactly one gram. Also, it can float on water.
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On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
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Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"!
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There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.
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Most lipstick contains fish scales!
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