In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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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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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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