Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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