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    Tsunami Stones
    Tsunami Stones
    Around 300 ft uphill from the highest water level reached by the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami sits a centuries-old stone marker that warns: “Do not build your homes below this point!”
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    In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.
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    You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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    There is a fake village with fake shops and restaurants that is actually a care home for elderly dementia sufferers in the Netherlands.
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    Any domino can knock over another object up to 1.5x its size. The 32nd object would be big enough to knock over the Empire State Building.
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    A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.!
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    Money Can Buy Happiness
    Money Can Buy Happiness
    Money can buy happiness, but researchers have found that its emotional well-being benefits max out at a salary of about 75K a year.
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    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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