The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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Your brain is 80% water.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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