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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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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