A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
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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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According to an assistant professor of psychology and marketing at NYU, wearing red increases your chances in things like dating and hitchhiking.
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In the U.S., more than 10% of lottery prizes go unclaimed!
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There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!
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The search engine Google got its name from the word 'googol', which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
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There are 86,400 seconds in a day.
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20252 is Smokey the Bear's own zip code.
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