Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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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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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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