In only eight minutes, the Space Shuttle can accelerate to a speed of 27,000 kilometres per hour.

There is a new television show on a British cable called "Watching Paint Dry". Viewers watch in real-time. Gloss, semi-gloss, matte, satin, you name it. Then viewers vote out their least favorite.

There are 1,575 steps from the ground floor to the top of the Empire State building.

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