If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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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.
11
There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
13
The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
33
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
66
0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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