If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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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.
24
It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
6
The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
40
One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
61
The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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