160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.
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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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A Swiss man replaced his car's broken heater with a fully functional wood burning stove.
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If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion!
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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According to the New York Times, a study conducted during the 1980's found that men who kiss their wives before leaving for work live longer, get into fewer car accidents, and have a higher income than married men who don't.
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Standard paper cannot be folded in half more than 7 times.
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In 2003, the U.S. Government spent about $2,000,000.00 on potato research!
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