Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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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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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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