Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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Only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money. The rest exists only on computers.
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Hong Kong has more Rolls Royces per person than anywhere else in the world.
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If you took a standard slinky and stretched it out it would measure 87 feet.
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At 90 degrees below zero, your breath will freeze in mid-air and fall to the ground.
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