Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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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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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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