The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
116
If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
114
Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
79
At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
55
In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
5
Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
7
The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
56