One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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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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