One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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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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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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