Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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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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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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