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    Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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    Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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    If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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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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    Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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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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    Bioluminescent Plants
    Bioluminescent Plants
    The world's first genetically-engineered bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) house plants have been created and could eventually be used as a functional light source.
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    For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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