The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
15
If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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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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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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