Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through 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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