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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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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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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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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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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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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