Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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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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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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