Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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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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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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