Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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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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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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