Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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