If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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