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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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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