The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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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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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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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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