Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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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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Your brain is 80% water.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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