Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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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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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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