Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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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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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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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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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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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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