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 weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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