Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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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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Your brain is 80% water.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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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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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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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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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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