A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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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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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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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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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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