The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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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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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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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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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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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