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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			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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