A new baby usually deprives each of it's parents around 350-400 hours of sleep in the first year. That is one entire nights sleep per week, per parent.
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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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The longest Monopoly game in history lasted 70 straight days.
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The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'.
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There's a company in China that allows you to hire someone to stand in line for you for $3-$5 an hour.
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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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