The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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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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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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