If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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