A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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