The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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