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    Bioluminescent Plants
    Bioluminescent Plants
    The world's first genetically-engineered bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) house plants have been created and could eventually be used as a functional light source.
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    One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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    Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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    One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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    Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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    The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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    The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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    Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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