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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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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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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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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