Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
48
Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
408
Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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