The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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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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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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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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