Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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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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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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