Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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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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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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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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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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