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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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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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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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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