Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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Cuban rescue workers use sniffer rabbits to find people in collapsed buildings.
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‘Fracture putty’ is a material being developed that when packed in & around a bone fracture, provides full load bearing strength within days.
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Water, electricity, and gas has been free in Turkmenistan since 1991.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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