Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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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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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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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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