Each day, more than $40 Trillion Dollars changes hands worldwide.
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The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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More than 6,000 people with pillow-related injuries check into U.S. emergency rooms every year!
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On average, a disposable diaper can hold up to 7 pounds of liquid.
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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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In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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