One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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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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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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