Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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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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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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