At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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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.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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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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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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