The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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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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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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