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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Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers.
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Tae Kwon Do is only around 60 years old.
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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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Marlboro cigarettes sold in New York contain more tar and nicotine than those sold in all other states!
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Extremely high pressured water can easily cut through a steel beam.
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No one knows Albert Einstein's last words. Just before he passed, he spoke several words in German, but his nurse only knew English.
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"Big Ben" in London isn't a tower, the bell inside the tower is called "Big Ben", the tower itself is called "The Elizabeth Tower".
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