Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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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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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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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