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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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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