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    The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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    A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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    Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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    Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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    The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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    Why Do Old Books Have a Distinct Smell?
    The reason why old books have such a distinct smell is because hundreds of organic compounds in the pages break down over time and release chemicals that smell like almond, vanilla, and grass.
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    Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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    Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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