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  • Humans can encourage precipitation with cloud seeding.

  • The brand Nokia is named after a place in Southern Finland.

  • 2 million hydrogen atoms would be required to cover a full stop (.).

  • There are over 600 windows on the Empire State Building.

  • Mathematical developments increased rapidly around the time of the Italian Renaissance in the 16th century and continued through the scientific revolution of the 17th and 18th centuries, becoming increasingly abstract in the 19th and 20th centuries.

  • The most commonly used word in English conversation is 'I'.

  • A bolt of lightning can reach temperatures hotter than the sun.

  • Bees can see ultraviolet light.

  • The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.

  • Elephants can run up to 40kmh (25mph).

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