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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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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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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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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