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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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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