There is a fake village with fake shops and restaurants that is actually a care home for elderly dementia sufferers in the Netherlands.
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When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour.
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Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
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The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old!
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When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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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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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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You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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