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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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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