A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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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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