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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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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