Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
16
When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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