The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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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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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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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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