The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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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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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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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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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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