At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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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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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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