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    Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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    Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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    In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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    Bioluminescent Plants
    Bioluminescent Plants
    The world's first genetically-engineered bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) house plants have been created and could eventually be used as a functional light source.
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    Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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    Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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    If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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    Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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