Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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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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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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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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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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