The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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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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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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