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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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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