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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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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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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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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