A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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Each 5 m.p.h. you drive over 60 m.p.h. is like paying an additional $.10 a gallon for gas!
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When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
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The yin-yang pattern's earliest use is in Rome - not China!
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In many countries, urine was used as a detergent for washing.
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The French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
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When watching a DVD press stop-stop-play-skip to skip the ads and go straight to the movie.
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In 1997, a survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
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