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There are more than 250,000 kinds of plants that produce seeds.


Magnets help clean oily birds


Magnets help clean oily birds
Australian researchers claim that a new method of cleaning birds which have been caught in oil spills will make helping the birds much easier and less traumatic for them. The method involves dusting the birds with a fine iron powder. The oil sticks to the powder and when the birds are combed with a magnet, both the powder and the oil are removed.



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