One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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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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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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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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