Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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