Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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