Wearing red increases attraction.
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It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them!
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Sudbury Valley School allows students to do whatever they want; no curriculum, tests, homework, or even classes unless requested. 82% of students get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
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When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
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The French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
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The weight of air in a milk glass is about the same as the weight of one aspirin tablet.
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You can tape a small mirror onto a cone speaker, play music and shine a laser on to the mirror and the reflection will look like a laser light show on your wall.
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Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.
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