0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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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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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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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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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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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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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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