If you place a ripe banana next to a green tomato, the tomato will ripen due to the ethylene gas produced by the banana.
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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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Shakira has been making music for more than 23 years, can play the guitar, drums, percussion, and harmonica, speaks 7 different languages, is the founder of a charity called Pies Descalzos, and is a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF.
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There's a café in France which charges €7 for a coffee to rude customers and €1.40 to people who talk politely to staff.
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On October 28, 2013, wind power provided 100% of Denmark's power. At 2:00am, it was producing 122% of the country's energy needs.
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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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