Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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