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    There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!
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    Beowulf Mansion
    Beowulf Mansion
    There's a rentable mansion that's located where Beowulf was based.
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    "Strategic incompetence" is the art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don't know how to do them.
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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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    Dartboards are made out of horsehairs.
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    Every year around 1 billion Valentine cards are sent. After Christmas it's a single largest seasonal card-sending occasion.
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    The yin-yang pattern's earliest use is in Rome - not China!
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    On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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