4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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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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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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