Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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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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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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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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