If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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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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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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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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