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.
304
The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
56
If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
117
Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
11
There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
13
Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
11
Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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