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 takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
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20252 is Smokey the Bear's own zip code.
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Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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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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There's a company in China that allows you to hire someone to stand in line for you for $3-$5 an hour.
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