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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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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