Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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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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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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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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