If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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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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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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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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