Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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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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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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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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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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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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