The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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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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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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