One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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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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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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