For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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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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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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