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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The search engine Google got its name from the word 'googol', which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
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The largest diamond ever found was an astounding 3,106 carats!
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Mentally doing a task makes you better at it. Your mind can barely tell the difference.
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There are 635,013,559,599 possible hands in a game of bridge.
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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A typical lead pencil can draw a line that is 35 miles long.
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Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
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