0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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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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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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