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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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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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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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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