Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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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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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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