Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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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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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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