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Corpse Flower in Bloom at the Huntington

One of the most spectacular and rare events in botany, the blooming of a corpse flower, occurred on the afternoon of Friday, June 5, 2010 at the Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. At around 2 P.M., the staff at the Huntington’s Rose Hills Foundation Conservatory for Botanical Science noticed ...

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A Guide to the Functions of Red Blood Cells

Red blood cells, known also as RBCs, have several important roles to play in our bodies. The primary function of red blood cells is to carry oxygen from the lungs to the tissues around your body. As a secondary function, they are also a key player in getting waste carbon dioxide from your tissues to ...

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The Planet Neptune Facts and Information

The planet Neptune is the eigth planet from the Sun and it is the fourth largest planet almost 17 times larger than the Earth. It is also one of the slower planets, taking 165 years to orbit the Sun in an elliptical manner. It has a diameter of 49,532 km, and orbit of 4,504,000,000 km ...

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Planet Jupiter – Facts and Information

Statistics Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun, between Mars and Saturn. It is the largest planet in the solar system, having a diameter of about 88,846 miles, compared to Earth, which only has a diameter of 7,926 miles. Its average distance from the sun is 483,631,840 miles, one day is equal to nearly ...