When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
44
One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
71
Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
84
One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
57
The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
61
Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
16
For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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