For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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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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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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