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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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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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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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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