Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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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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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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