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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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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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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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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