Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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