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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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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