Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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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 banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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