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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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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