Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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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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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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