Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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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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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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