A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
7
Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
44
The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
33
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
66
Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
9
The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
21
Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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