Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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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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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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