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The largest diamond ever found was an astounding 3,106 carats!
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The New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop!
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There are 2,500,000 rivets in the Eiffel Tower.
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Tsunamis ( tidal waves ) travel as fast as jet planes.
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The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine.
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The most collected calls are made on Father's Day.
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A fire in Australia has been burning for more than 5,000 years!
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More than 50% of Americans fall asleep on their sides.
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The Bank of America was originally the Bank of Italy!
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The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.
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There are more fatal car accidents in July than any other month.
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There are 53 Lego bricks manufactured for each person in the world.
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The symbol on the 'pound' key (#) is called an octothorpe.
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The best diamonds are colored blue-white.
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The song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', sung by the Beatles, refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool.
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Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers and lawns.
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Babies are born without knee caps.
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Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
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The streets of Victor, Colorado, once a gold rush town, are paved with low-grade gold.
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