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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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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