The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
9
Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
3
Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
44
No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
50
Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
14
The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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