A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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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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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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