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 gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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