Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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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 idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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