For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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