Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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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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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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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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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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