Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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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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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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