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 storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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