The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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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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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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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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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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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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