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    For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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    Bioluminescent Plants
    Bioluminescent Plants
    The world's first genetically-engineered bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) house plants have been created and could eventually be used as a functional light source.
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    The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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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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    Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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    Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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    Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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    A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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