0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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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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