0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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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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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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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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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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