One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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