The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
15
Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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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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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
66
Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
33
A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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