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    Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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    Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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    Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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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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    Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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    One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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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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    Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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