One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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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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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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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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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