The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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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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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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