When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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