Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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