The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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