Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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