Fast Facts.(Brief article)

* In Tokyo, Japan, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes.

* 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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* The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

* Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

* Humans blink more than 10 million times a year.

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* The average iceberg weighs 20 million tons.

* The basenji dog does not bark but yodels when it gets excited.

* Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

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* The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

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