In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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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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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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