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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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
71
Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
38
Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
21
Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
11
Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
78
Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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