At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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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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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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