The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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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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