One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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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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