There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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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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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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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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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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