What are five interesting facts about the element iron?

Answer:
okay well... (I'll give you more than 5 in case some of them aren't good enough)


1. its in roughly 6% or earths crust and nearly all of its core
2. it can be found in breakfast cereal
3. it combines with carbon to make steel
4. its been around for at least 5,000 years
5. rusts easily in water or moist air because it has usually has 2 or 3 valence electrons so it wants to bond
6. cheapest element + one of the most abundant
7. name iron comes from Latin word ferrum, that's where symbol Fe comes from
8. theres a period in history named after iron called the iron age
9. no one knows who discovered it
10. melts at 2800°F and boils at 5182°F
11.Iron Sulfate treats anemia (it's a blood disease)
12. Used to keep plants alive
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