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 average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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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 Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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