Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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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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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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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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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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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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