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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‘Tree shaping’ is the art of growing trees and roots into things like bridges, chairs, “people trees”, ladders, fences, jungle gyms, tunnels, and, theoretically, could even be used to grow homes.
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You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
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A million dollars' worth of $100 bills weighs only 22 pounds!
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30 years ago, you could buy a lifetime, unlimited first-class travel pass with American Airlines for $250,000.
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Your fingernails grow faster in summer.
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If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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