Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
57
Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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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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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
18
The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
65
One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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