One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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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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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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