Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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