4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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