If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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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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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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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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