The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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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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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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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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