At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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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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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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