If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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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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