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    Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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    Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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    Bioluminescent Plants
    Bioluminescent Plants
    The world's first genetically-engineered bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) house plants have been created and could eventually be used as a functional light source.
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    Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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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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    German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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    One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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    Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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