The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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