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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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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