Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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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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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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