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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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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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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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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