The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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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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If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old!
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On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
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A new baby usually deprives each of it's parents around 350-400 hours of sleep in the first year. That is one entire nights sleep per week, per parent.
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