Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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