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Sir Isaac Newton’s Apple Tree is Still Alive and Growing Today

Reading Time: 2 minutes It may sound unbelievable, and even inconceivable, but would you believe that Sir Isaac Newton’s apple tree is still growing today? That’s some three hundred and fifty years after the now famous, and might we also say groundbreaking incident which spurned his theory on gravity. Now, if you don’t know the story about Sir Isaac Newton’s apple …

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26 Totally Amazing Space Facts

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Reading Time: 35 minutes 1 If Two Pieces Of Metal Touch In Space They Stick Together Wow, I love science. It manages to throw amazing little gem up nearly every day. This just happens to be one of them. If two pieces of metal touch in space, that’s two identical pieces, such as two pieces of copper or two pieces of …

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Urea is Found in Cigarettes

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Reading Time: 2 minutes If you needed another reason to quit the nasty habit of smoking perhaps this is it. Urea is found in cigarettes. Well, it’s not actually found in cigarettes. Saying that it is found would be like saying that it was either lost in them or somehow lurking about like an undiscovered piece of landscape. You can’t …

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Why Does Chocolate Go White?

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Now for a question that has been bugging me, and quite possibly every chocolate lover around the world for quite some time. Why does chocolate go white? You know what I mean, right? What would appear to be a perfectly good chocolate bar while still contained in its wrapper turns out to be a somewhat pale …

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Bananas Are Radioactive

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Most of us are taught to keep well clear of anything radioactive unless we have no choice but to expose ourselves to it. It’s usually something that we really do try to avoid, but in some cases, such as fractures, we have no choice but to accept the exposure. But did you know that you …

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The Origin of Computer Bug Came from the First Computer Bug Which Was a Moth

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Reading Time: 2 minutes How often do you use the word “bug”, as in “there’s a bug in the system” to describe a niggling little problem with a computer? Unless you’re a computer technician that repairs other people’s computer problems, hopefully, this is a term that only comes up rarely. But have you ever wondered why it’s called a …

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Saliva Contains a Painkiller 6 Times Stronger Than Morphine

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Reading Time: 2 minutes In what can only be described as a major medical discovery, saliva contains a painkiller that is stronger than morphine, six times stronger, in fact. But what exactly makes a discovery like this so amazing, and if this happens to be the case, why are we able to feel pain at all? I mean, most …

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All That Annoying Air in Potato Chip Bags is Nitrogen

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Reading Time: 2 minutes We’ve all been there. We get a delicious bag of chips that isn’t exactly all that cheap and open it up to find that the damn thing is less than half empty. Yeah, you know the deal. Great big puffy bag, but when you open it up and look inside, it’s nearly empty. What gives? …

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Sunburn Is Actually Radiation Burn

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Reading Time: 3 minutes With the arrival of summer every year I always anticipate the day where I let my guard down when it comes to protection from the scorching sun. I mean, I’m usually pretty good when it comes to outdoor activities, but if I’m preoccupied with another task I can forget about protection, and I don’t mean …

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Water Balloons Were Originally Waterproof Socks

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Isn’t it amazing how the pursuit of one invention can lead to another? And what I find even more spectacular is that some of these accidental finds can lead to something really rather fun. Take for example water balloons. Honestly speaking, there’s hardly a more satisfying feeling than landing a balloon filled with water …

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