The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
38
Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
9
Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
11
Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
9
No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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