A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
31
Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
61
In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
16
The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
16
Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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