Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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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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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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