The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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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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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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