Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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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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