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Australians bought 118, 000 tonnes of plastic drink bottles in 2006, yet recycled only 35 per cent of them, leaving 76, 700 tonnes in landfills or the environment.

A bicycle designed for riding on water was displayed at the 1992 international exhibit of inventions held in Geneva, Switzerland.

A chimpanzee can learn to recognise itself in a mirror , but monkeys can’t.

The average household uses more than 455, 000 litres of water every year. It takes 32 litres to fluch a toilet, about 227 litres for a shower, 9 litres to brush teeth and 90 litres to wash dishes every day.