Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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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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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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