In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
15
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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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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