A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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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.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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