A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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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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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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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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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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