One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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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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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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