If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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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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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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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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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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