If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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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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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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