Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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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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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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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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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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