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    When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
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    When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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    The New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop!
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    Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
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    "Strategic incompetence" is the art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don't know how to do them.
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    In 21 U.S. states, WALMART is the single largest employer.
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    Tsunami Stones
    Tsunami Stones
    Around 300 ft uphill from the highest water level reached by the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami sits a centuries-old stone marker that warns: “Do not build your homes below this point!”
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    A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove!
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