The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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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 brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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