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    Funeral Poets of Amsterdam
    If you die in Amsterdam with no next of kin and no-one to attend your funeral, a poet will write a poem for you and recite it at your funeral.
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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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    Tsunami Stones
    Tsunami Stones
    Around 300 ft uphill from the highest water level reached by the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami sits a centuries-old stone marker that warns: “Do not build your homes below this point!”
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    Tsunamis ( tidal waves ) travel as fast as jet planes.
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    The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia.
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    American car horns beep in the tone of F.
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    68 percent of a Hostess Twinkie is air!
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    When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour.
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