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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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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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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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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