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    If you dropped an aerodynamic object (such as a bullet) from the Empire State Building, you could kill someone.
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    The number of text messages sent and received in a given day is greater than the world's population.
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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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    65-Year-Old Bottled Plant
    65-Year-Old Bottled Plant
    There's a plant that has survived in a sealed bottle for over 65 years. It was watered just once in 55 years.
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    NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) dumps old subway cars into the ocean to serve as artificial reef.
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    160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.
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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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    Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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