Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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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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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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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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