Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
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Since 1982, a radio frequency emanating from Russia has been broadcasting a buzzer-like sound and, periodically, an unknown voice reads orders, names, and numbers. No one knows where exactly it is coming from or what it means.
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People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights!
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There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.
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The majority of suicides occur on a Monday.
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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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If the human eye was a digital camera, it would have 576 megapixels.
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The average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average person anywhere else in the world.
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