Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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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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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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