The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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