The Gate Tower Building skyscraper in Japan has a highway passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
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A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a 50,000 word book titled 'Gadsby' which did not use the letter "e".
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In Iceland, 100% of domestically produced electricity comes from renewable energy.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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In Dubai, there’s a fridge magnet that orders a pizza delivered to your door.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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