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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No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 8 times.
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An olive tree can live up to 1,500 years!
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The average person eats almost 1500 pounds of food a year.
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'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth! "
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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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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You can tape a small mirror onto a cone speaker, play music and shine a laser on to the mirror and the reflection will look like a laser light show on your wall.
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