Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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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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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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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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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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