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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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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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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