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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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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