A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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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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