No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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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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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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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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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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