The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
57
The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
65
The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
51
Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
89
The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
56
The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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