The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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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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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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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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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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