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It takes about five years for an oyster to produce a medium-sized pearl.
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It takes about nine minutes for a snowflake to fall to Earth from a
height of 1,000 feet.
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It takes more than a million begonia seeds to weigh an ounce, which
accounts for the seeds being so costly.
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It takes more than two tons of South African rock to produce less than
an ounce of gold.
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It takes nearly two million flowers to create one pound of jasmine.
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It's been estimated that 700 grocery bags can be made from one
average-sized 20-year-old tree.
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Ivy has long been identified with immortality. Because it's always green
and clings tenaciously to life, it is often used as a symbol of eternal life in
Christian art.
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Katharine Lee Bates wrote the words to the classic American anthem
"America The Beautiful" after her trip to the summit of Pikes Peak in
1893.
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