It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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Pollen never deteriorates. It is one of the few natural substances that lasts indefinitely.
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If the human eye was a digital camera, it would have 576 megapixels.
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97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine.
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NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) dumps old subway cars into the ocean to serve as artificial reef.
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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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‘Qatar’ is the world's most expensive bar of soap. Infused with gold and diamond powder, it costs a squeaky clean $2,800.
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In Monopoly, the character locked behind the bars is called Jake the Jailbird. Officer Edgar Mallory sent him to jail.
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