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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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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