The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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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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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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