A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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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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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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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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