The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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