Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.
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There are over 16,251 full-service restaurants in the vicinity of NYC. You could visit one every day for 40 years and still not have visited them all. This excludes counter service restaurants and cafeterias.
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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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Pollen can travel up to 500 miles in a day.
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Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
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The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
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A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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