There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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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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