When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.
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An underwater forest off the coast of Alabama that is 50,000 years old was uncovered by Hurricane Katrina.
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About two hundred babies are born worldwide every minute.
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In 1976, an underachieving Princeton junior undergraduate wrote a term paper detailing how to make a nuclear bomb. He got an "A", but never got his paper back because it was seized by the FBI.
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Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
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Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.
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It's impossible to kill yourself by holding your breath.
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