Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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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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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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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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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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