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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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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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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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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