8. Chalk is made of trillions of microscopic skeleton
fossils of plankton.
15. Famed chemist Glenn Seaborg was the only person
who could write his address in chemical elements.
16. Graphene is the best conductor of electricity and
called ‘miracle material’
9. You can’t taste food without saliva.
10. Dynamite contains peanuts as an ingredient.
17. Tabletop volcanoes can be created using ammonium
dichromate.
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11. Water expands when freezes, unlike other
substances.
12. Every hydrogen atom in your body is likely to be 13.5
billion years old, since they were created at the birth
of the universe.
13. Diamond and graphite are both entirely made of
just carbon.
14. One inch of rain is equal to 10 inches of snow.
18. A person suffering from any form of mental illness can
be cured with the help of lithium as it is known to be
used for the purpose of changing one’s thinking.
19. The magnificent colors of the dawn are due to the
excited oxygen present.
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