When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
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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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There are 365 steps on the front of the U.S. Capitol Building - one for every day of the year.
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‘Qatar’ is the world's most expensive bar of soap. Infused with gold and diamond powder, it costs a squeaky clean $2,800.
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If you dropped an aerodynamic object (such as a bullet) from the Empire State Building, you could kill someone.
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The hole in the soda can tab is actually used to hold a straw in place and stop it from rising.
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The odds of being killed by falling out of bed are one in two million.
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