Seaweed can grow up to 12 inches per day!
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A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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If you dropped an aerodynamic object (such as a bullet) from the Empire State Building, you could kill someone.
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We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
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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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The scent of women’s tears temporarily reduces sexual arousal and testosterone production in men.
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More than 10% of the world's salt is used to de-ice American roads.
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