The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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