Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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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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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times 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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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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