For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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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 use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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