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    Bioluminescent Plants
    Bioluminescent Plants
    The world's first genetically-engineered bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) house plants have been created and could eventually be used as a functional light source.
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    The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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    Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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    One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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    MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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    4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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    In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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    Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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