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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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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