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    One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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    Bioluminescent Plants
    Bioluminescent Plants
    The world's first genetically-engineered bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) house plants have been created and could eventually be used as a functional light source.
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    In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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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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    A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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    The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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    If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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    The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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