If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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