30 years ago, you could buy a lifetime, unlimited first-class travel pass with American Airlines for $250,000.
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Caffeine boosts memory.
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The hole in the soda can tab is actually used to hold a straw in place and stop it from rising.
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An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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Any domino can knock over another object up to 1.5x its size. The 32nd object would be big enough to knock over the Empire State Building.
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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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A real estate agent's rule of thumb: To estimate what a house will sell for, ask the owner what its worth and subtract 10%.
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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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