Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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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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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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