Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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