The average person eats almost 1500 pounds of food a year.
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Real diamonds do not show up on x-ray.
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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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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A pipe 2 feet in diameter will allow four times more fluid to pass through it than a pipe 1 foot in diameter.
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Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
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On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
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