The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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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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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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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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