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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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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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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