The oldest living person smoked cigarettes from the age of 21 to 117.
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WAL-MART generates $3,000,000.00 in revenues every 7 minutes!
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The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The 1 yen coin can be used as a weight, because it weighs exactly one gram. Also, it can float on water.
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Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.
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Sudbury Valley School allows students to do whatever they want; no curriculum, tests, homework, or even classes unless requested. 82% of students get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
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The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
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A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
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