Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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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 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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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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