The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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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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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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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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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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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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