If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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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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Studies suggest that people who appear to be constantly distracted have more "working memory" and "sharper brains".
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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