The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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