Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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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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The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
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On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
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Not swinging your arms when you walk increases the effort of walking by 12%, the equivalent of walking 20% faster or carrying a 10 kg backpack.
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Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
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Daft Punk named their band after a negative reviewer called their act "a bunch of daft punk."
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