The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
41
A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
73
The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
175
In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
17
Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
38
A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
7
The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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