Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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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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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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