Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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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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