The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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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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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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