The average cough comes out of your mouth at 60 miles per hour.
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The chocobo in Final Fantasy was based on a real creature called a “Gastornis” that existed 45 million years ago.
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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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Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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Mentally doing a task makes you better at it. Your mind can barely tell the difference.
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At the time of your birth, you were, for a few seconds, the youngest person on the planet.
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When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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The yin-yang pattern's earliest use is in Rome - not China!
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