The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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