Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
33
For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
45
A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
57
Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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