Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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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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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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