The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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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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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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