Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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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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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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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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