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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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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