Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
9
Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
134
Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
55
Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
146
The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
16
Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
39
Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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