Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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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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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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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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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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