Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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