If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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