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What would be the first reaction if our planet was deprived of oxygen?


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Well, if I were deprived of oxygen, I would be dead in about three minutes, so I am not too concerned about what might happen to the rest of the world. Did you know that oxygen is made by plants? Life on earth and oxygen in the atmosphere have evolved together - take away one and you would probably loose the other.

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