Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light 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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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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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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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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