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Biology Facts


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

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