Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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