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 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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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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