Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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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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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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