One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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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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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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