Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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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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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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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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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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