One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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