Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
134
Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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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.
16
Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
79
One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
75
Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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