A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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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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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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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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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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