Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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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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Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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U-Haul is the world's largest advertiser in the Yellow Pages.
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Pollen never deteriorates. It is one of the few natural substances that lasts indefinitely.
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