One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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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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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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