If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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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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