Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
42
4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
27
The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
17
Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
117
The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
61
Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
71
Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
118