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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More than 50% of Americans fall asleep on their sides.
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Extremely high pressured water can easily cut through a steel beam.
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A man earned 4 million airline miles for free without breaking any laws by using his credit card to purchase free-delivery $1 coins from the U.S. mint.
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A pipe 2 feet in diameter will allow four times more fluid to pass through it than a pipe 1 foot in diameter.
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By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
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"Dysania" is the state of finding it hard getting up out of bed in the morning.
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The French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
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