If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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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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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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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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