Random Plant Facts

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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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    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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    TomTato
    TomTato
    The TomTato is a plant that produces both potatoes and tomatoes!
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    Strawberries are in the same plant family as roses.
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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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    The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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    There is a “Fruit Salad Tree” which can grow up to 6 different types of fruit.
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    Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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