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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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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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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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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