Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
17
Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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.
7
The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
40
Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
79
Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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