Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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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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