Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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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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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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