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 earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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