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    Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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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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    A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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    The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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    The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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    Bioluminescent Plants
    Bioluminescent Plants
    The world's first genetically-engineered bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) house plants have been created and could eventually be used as a functional light source.
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    For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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    In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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