One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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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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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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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.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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