The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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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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