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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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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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.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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