If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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