The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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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 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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