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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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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