If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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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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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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