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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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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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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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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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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