The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
17
The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
61
One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
78
Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
16
Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
134
Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
96
Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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