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.
15
The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
7
Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
50
The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
116
Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
65
The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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