‘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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Seattle is planning to build a new city park filled with hundreds of edible plants - such as fruit trees, vegetables plants, herbs, etc… Free to “anyone and everyone.” If successful, it will be the first “food forest” of the nation.
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In 1916, a US amendment was proposed to put all acts of war to a national vote. If you voted yes you would have to register as a volunteer for service in the United States Army.
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There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
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The US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
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Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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