Random Interesting Facts

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    The 1 yen coin can be used as a weight, because it weighs exactly one gram. Also, it can float on water.
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    It took 200,000 years for humans to reach 3 billion in number. It took 40 years for the next 3 billion.
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    Jon Bon Jovi has a restaurant that has no prices; guests pay whatever they can or volunteer in exchange for their meal.
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    Subway Air Contains 15% Human Skin
    Scientists found that 15% of matter in the air at subway stations is human skin, from areas such as heels, belly buttons, armpits, and rear ends.
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    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    The pink cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. were a gift from Imperial Japan in 1912. They sent more than 3,000 seeds to be planted near the Potomac River as a symbol of friendship between the two nations.
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    Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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    Walt Disney was a high school dropout and he was fired by a newspaper editor because "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas."
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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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