The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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