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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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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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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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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