Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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A Swiss man replaced his car's broken heater with a fully functional wood burning stove.
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The ashes of the average cremated person weigh nine pounds.
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The number of text messages sent and received in a given day is greater than the world's population.
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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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Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
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There's a love mattress that is specifically designed for couples who sleep on each other's arms.
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Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process.
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