One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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