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Water is the only substance that expands when it freezes

Frozen water expands 9%, cracking pipes and splitting rocks—but it also makes ice float, keeping fish alive.

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Cabinets look like hazmat facilities

Cleaning products: 2nd most common poisoning cause in children under 6

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Clouds weigh more than 100 elephants floating above you

A single cumulus cloud weighs about 500 tonnes - imagine all that weight just chilling in the sky above you.

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Water flows uphill when nobody's watching

In trees, water defies gravity and flows upward through tiny tubes using surface tension and evaporation - no pumps needed.