If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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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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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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