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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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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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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