For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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