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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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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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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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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