The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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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.
7
Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
5
The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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