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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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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