Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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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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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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