If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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