The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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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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