One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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