Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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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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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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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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