Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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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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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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