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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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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