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    Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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    If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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    The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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    A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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    Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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    Bioluminescent Plants
    Bioluminescent Plants
    The world's first genetically-engineered bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) house plants have been created and could eventually be used as a functional light source.
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    There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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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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