The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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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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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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