The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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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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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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