Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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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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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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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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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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