Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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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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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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