‘Tree shaping’ is the art of growing trees and roots into things like bridges, chairs, “people trees”, ladders, fences, jungle gyms, tunnels, and, theoretically, could even be used to grow homes.
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More Americans have died in car accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States.
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A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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Researchers say that lining the toilet seat with paper is pretty much pointless
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Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers.
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There are over 16,251 full-service restaurants in the vicinity of NYC. You could visit one every day for 40 years and still not have visited them all. This excludes counter service restaurants and cafeterias.
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Oak trees can live 200 or more years.
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It has been calculated that every 2 minutes, we take more pictures than all of humanity in the 19th century.
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