0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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