If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
15
Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
39
Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
304
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.
15
The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
61
No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
107