Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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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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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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