Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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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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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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