A typical lead pencil can draw a line that is 35 miles long.
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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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Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
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In the U.S., more than 10% of lottery prizes go unclaimed!
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Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers and lawns.
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The search engine Google got its name from the word 'googol', which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
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