Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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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 single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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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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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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