The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.
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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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At 90 degrees below zero, your breath will freeze in mid-air and fall to the ground.
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When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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It takes the same amount of time to age a cigar as wine.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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