The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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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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