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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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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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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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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