4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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