The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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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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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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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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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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