One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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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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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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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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