The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
40
Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
33
Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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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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