0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
310
The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
155
Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
9
The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
16
Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
39
Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
16
The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
56
Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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