0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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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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