Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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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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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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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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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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