Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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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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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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