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Sir Isaac Newton’s Apple Tree is Still Alive and Growing Today

Reading Time: 2 minutes It may sound unbelievable, and even inconceivable, but would you believe that Sir Isaac Newton’s apple tree is still growing today? That’s some three hundred and fifty years after the now famous, and might we also say groundbreaking incident which spurned his theory on gravity. Now, if you don’t know the story about Sir Isaac Newton’s apple …

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There’s an Incredible Red Beach in Panjin, China

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Reading Time: 2 minutes You seriously have to love mother nature. From the stunning sunrises, through to the marvelous landscapes and on to the glorious sunsets, it sure knows how to put on a superb show. It’s just a grand old world to live in, and if the creatures that surround us fail to get our attention, we can always …

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Deepest Hole Dug By Hand

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Reading Time: 2 minutes You better get your shovel and pick ready, because you are about to discover the biggest hole dug by hand, and you will be stunned. There’s just no other word for it. People like big things nearly as much as we like comparing big things. Whether it’s measuring largest cup size, or the tallest mountain, …

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Largest Desert in the World is Not the Sahara

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Reading Time: 2 minutes When looking at world maps it is often easy to notice the Sahara and think that it is the largest desert in the world. It is after all extremely large and arid. But what if you found out that the Sahara isn’t the largest desert in the world? To be even more precise, it’s not even the …

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How Much Do Clouds Weigh?

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Reading Time: 2 minutes How much do clouds weigh? Simple enough question with a simple enough answer, right? It should be practically nothing, after all they are floating high up in the sky. But the answer is not as simple as many would believe, and they weigh a lot, a real lot. Clouds weigh so much in fact that it …

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Plants Don’t Convert Co2 into Oxygen

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Reading Time: 2 minutes No, we didn’t make a mistake with the title of this fact. Plants don’t convert CO2 to oxygen at all. No, I didn’t flunk school, and I didn’t make a beg typo. The statement is true and correct, even though it’s what we are taught in schools. Even searching on Google will bring up a …

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Viagra Keeps Flowers from Wilting and Makes Them Stand Up Straight

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Well, I bet you didn’t see this use of Viagra coming your way. Did you know that Viagra keeps flowers from wilting and makes them stand up straight? This has to be one of the true romance drugs, or maybe it just has a propensity to harden things up. We’ll get to how Viagra keeps …

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The Smell After It’s Rained is a Mix of Plant Oils and Bacteria

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Have you ever noticed a pleasant, clean smell after a rain storm? Especially if it’s a rain storm following a long period of dry weather? Some people notice it immediately, even detecting the scent before they have noticed water falling from the sky. Some people find it hard to detect, but it’s there. It leaves a pleasant, clean and earthly …

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We Are Still in an Ice Age

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Reading Time: 2 minutes With the debate about global warming still raging it might come as a surprise to many to discover that we are still living in an ice age. While the climate is without a doubt warming around the globe, and the glacial regions are disappearing practically before our eyes, how could we possibly be in an …

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Biggest Living Thing on Earth

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Reading Time: 2 minutes As far as living animals are concerned the largest living land animal is the African elephant, while the largest of all animals is the blue whale. But what about all living things? To examine this more closely we must consider all living organisms, and the largest one will take many by surprise. The biggest living …

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