Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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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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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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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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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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