A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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