The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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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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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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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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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