During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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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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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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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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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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