The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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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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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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