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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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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