When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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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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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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