One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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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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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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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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