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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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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