Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.
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The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
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Wearing red increases attraction.
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The cruise liner, 'Queen Elizabeth 2', moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
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The ashes of the average cremated person weigh nine pounds.
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On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
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