One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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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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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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