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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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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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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