In 2006, a woman was found in her London flat, skeletonized, after 3 years of being dead – with the TV still running.
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Only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money. The rest exists only on computers.
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In 1976, an underachieving Princeton junior undergraduate wrote a term paper detailing how to make a nuclear bomb. He got an "A", but never got his paper back because it was seized by the FBI.
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The world's longest traffic jam took place in Beijing, China. It was over 60 miles long and lasted 11 days.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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