Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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In the case of an emergency, a Crayola crayon can be used as a candle and will burn for about 15 minutes.
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You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
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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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The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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Tae Kwon Do is only around 60 years old.
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Macklemore and his hit “Thrift Shop” was the first time since 1994 that a song reached number 1 on the Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label.
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Since 1982, a radio frequency emanating from Russia has been broadcasting a buzzer-like sound and, periodically, an unknown voice reads orders, names, and numbers. No one knows where exactly it is coming from or what it means.
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