Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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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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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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