30 years ago, you could buy a lifetime, unlimited first-class travel pass with American Airlines for $250,000.
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No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 8 times.
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‘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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The best diamonds are colored blue-white.
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The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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On average, a disposable diaper can hold up to 7 pounds of liquid.
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It is impossible to hum if your nose is plugged.
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In 1976, an underachieving Princeton junior undergraduate wrote a term paper detailing how to make a nuclear bomb. He got an "A", but never got his paper back because it was seized by the FBI.
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