MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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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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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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