Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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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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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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