The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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