Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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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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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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