A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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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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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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