One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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