Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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