Pollen never deteriorates. It is one of the few natural substances that lasts indefinitely.
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Daft Punk named their band after a negative reviewer called their act "a bunch of daft punk."
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.
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The symbol on the 'pound' key (#) is called an octothorpe.
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An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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‘Tree shaping’ is the art of growing trees and roots into things like bridges, chairs, “people trees”, ladders, fences, jungle gyms, tunnels, and, theoretically, could even be used to grow homes.
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Babies start dreaming even before they're born.
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