Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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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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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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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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