Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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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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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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