One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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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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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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