Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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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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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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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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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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