If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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