Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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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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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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