The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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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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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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