The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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