Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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