No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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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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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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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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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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