If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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