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TIL the design of large Victorian-era glasshouses takes its cue from the waterlily's huge leaves. Joseph Paxton tested his idea by standing his daughter on a floating leaf, and then went on to build the 1,851 feet (564 m) long, 128 feet (39 m) high Crystal Palace using the same principle

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