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MAE: Bamboo can grow so high because it contains a molecule called lignin
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One Strange Rock

Bamboo can grow sohigh because it containsa molecule called lignin

MAE: Bamboo can grow so
high because it contains
a molecule called lignin

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MAE: Bamboo can grow so high because it contains a molecule called lignin.
Duration
6 seconds
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16
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:29
Uploaded
Jun 29, 2025
Season
1
Episode
8
Genres
documentary
Production
Protozoa Pictures,Overbrook Entertainment,Nutopia

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The extraordinary story of Earth and why it is special and uniquely brimming with life among a largely unknown but harsh cosmic arena; astronauts tell the story of Earth through a unique perspective.
S01 • E05 We go around with the vacuum cleaner and clean all of our dead skin which is collecting - One Strange Rock 00:10
We go around with the vacuum cleaner and clean all of our de...
S01 • E01 CHRIS: That natural, seemingly inevitable process - One Strange Rock 00:12
CHRIS: That natural, seemingly inevitable process
S01 • E02 CHRIS: That natural, seemingly inevitable process - One Strange Rock 00:12
CHRIS: That natural, seemingly inevitable process
S01 • E09 So, how come we're the apes with the big ideas? - One Strange Rock 00:05
So, how come we're the apes with the big ideas?
S01 • E09 Well, it's a long story. - One Strange Rock 00:05
Well, it's a long story.
S01 • E08 It's the bamboo's own internal scaffolding. - One Strange Rock 00:05
It's the bamboo's own internal scaffolding.
S01 • E09 A story about something that may not exist - One Strange Rock 00:09
A story about something that may not exist
S01 • E06 WILL: But the second we step outside the safety of our home, we are exposed. - One Strange Rock 00:08
WILL: But the second we step outside the safety of our home,...
S01 • E08 Lignin evolved around 400 million years ago and it changed the world. - One Strange Rock 00:06
Lignin evolved around 400 million years ago and it changed t...
S01 • E01 MAE: Without it they'd be no rivers, no ground water, - One Strange Rock 00:08
MAE: Without it they'd be no rivers, no ground water,
S01 • E02 MAE: Without it they'd be no rivers, no ground water, - One Strange Rock 00:08
MAE: Without it they'd be no rivers, no ground water,
S01 • E05 MASSIMINO: If you pull your sock off, a lot of skin, dead skin, will go flying around. - One Strange Rock 00:05
MASSIMINO: If you pull your sock off, a lot of skin, dead sk...
S01 • E03 they-began-producing-a-waste-product - One Strange Rock 00:17
they-began-producing-a-waste-product
S01 • E08 It provides structural strength for plants and they get to grow tall. - One Strange Rock 00:07
It provides structural strength for plants and they get to g...
S01 • E06 CHRIS: Our sun is constantly spewing out radiation. - One Strange Rock 00:06
CHRIS: Our sun is constantly spewing out radiation.
S01 • E10 Like, I don't know where to go if I were to go to Mexico, - One Strange Rock 00:06
Like, I don't know where to go if I were to go to Mexic...
S01 • E05 HADFIELD: It doesn't just become something in your sock, but it becomes a floating cloud of - One Strange Rock 00:19
HADFIELD: It doesn't just become something in your sock...
S01 • E06 And occasionally there's a huge solar flare, where a big mass ejection - One Strange Rock 00:11
And occasionally there's a huge solar flare, where a bi...
S01 • E01 JERRY: It actually surprised me how dynamic the planet is, - One Strange Rock 00:18
JERRY: It actually surprised me how dynamic the planet is,
S01 • E02 JERRY: It actually surprised me how dynamic the planet is, - One Strange Rock 00:18
JERRY: It actually surprised me how dynamic the planet is,