The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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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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Your brain is 80% water.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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