4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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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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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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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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