The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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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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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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