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Carbon can form more compounds than any other element
A single gram of DNA could store ~215 petabytes of data
The human genome has about 3 billion base pairs
CRISPR can edit DNA with molecular “scissors”
Penicillin was discovered from a contaminated petri dish in 1928
Tardigrades can survive near absolute zero and extreme radiation
Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood
Humans and bananas share about 60% of their genes
Your DNA would stretch about 2 meters if uncoiled from one cell
A human body has roughly 37 trillion cells
Hydrogen peroxide decomposes into water and oxygen
Glucose is C₆H₁₂O₆ — the body’s favorite fuel
Enzymes can speed reactions by a million times or more
Chlorophyll makes plants green by reflecting green light
T. rex bit with a force of over 35,000 newtons
Identical twins share ~100% of their DNA — but not fingerprints
Fungi make up an estimated 90% of soil living mass in forests
A mature tree can lift over 100 liters of water a day
Photosynthesis converts ~100 billion tons of carbon per year
A blue whale’s heart can weigh as much as a small car
Bacteria can divide every ~20 minutes under ideal conditions
Mitochondria have their own DNA

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