Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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