SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'.
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Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.
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In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.
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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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About two hundred babies are born worldwide every minute.
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30 years ago, you could buy a lifetime, unlimited first-class travel pass with American Airlines for $250,000.
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Caffeine boosts memory.
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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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