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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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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Only about 2% of the world population has green eyes.
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