A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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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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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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