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The Medici Effect

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Termites Keep Their Mounds at 87 Degrees Fahrenheit

Termwhites keep their mounds at 87 degrees fahrenheit. They direct different breezes of air at the base, and they hit the chamber with cool, wet mud. And this constant opening and closing of different holes and adding of new cool wet mud regulate the temperature extremely precisely. It saves three and a half mills straight up by not having to install an air conditioning plant. Plus every single year, they' saving 90 % on their electricity bill.

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