Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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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 cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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