If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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