When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour.
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The Gate Tower Building skyscraper in Japan has a highway passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
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The hands of the clock on the back of the $100 bill are set at approximately 4:10.
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People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights!
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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 average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average person anywhere else in the world.
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The largest hotel suite in the world is located 22 stories under the surface in the Grand Canyon Caverns. One night for two people in this 65 million year old cave is $700.
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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