Fun Facts
1. Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree
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2. Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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3. The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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4. The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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5. The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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6. Your brain is 80% water.
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7. When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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8. The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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9. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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10. The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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11. The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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12. The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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13. The banana tree cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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14. The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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15. Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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16. Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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17. Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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18. Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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19. Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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20. Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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21. One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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22. One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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23. One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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24. One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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25. One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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26. One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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27. No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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28. Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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29. Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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30. Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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31. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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32. Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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33. Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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34. If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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35. If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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36. German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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37. Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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38. For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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39. Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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40. Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
