At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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