Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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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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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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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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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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