Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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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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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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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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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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