Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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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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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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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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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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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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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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