Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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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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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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