Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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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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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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