Acids are dangerous, wondrous things. They help us dissolve food, make products, clean things, just about everything. But the strongest one could dissolve pretty much anything in no time, including ...

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You can sniff an onion or peel the layers without shedding a tear, but once you crush, chop, or cut an onion, there’s a good chance those tear ducts will ...

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The most explosive chemical in the world is a high-nitrogen energetic material called 1-Diazidocarbamoyl-5-azidotetrazole or C2N14 and informally called “azidoazide azide.” C2N14 has 14 nitrogen and two carbon atoms, and ...

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It seems to go against any preconceived notion that hot water freezes faster than cold water under certain conditions, and until now, scientists have been unable to explain why it ...

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It’s a smell that anyone with a working olfactory system will immediately recognize, the scent of fresh rain. What happens after a new rainstorm to make the air smell so ...

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If you thought winters in Antarctica were cold, or liquid nitrogen was fascinating for instantly freezing things, it might be time to think again.  Scientists have created something so cold ...

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The weekly collection of useless and fun facts.  In this week’s edition: Small Cooking Measurements, North Star, Unclaimed Land, Acid, and the Pope Hammer. Wanna Be Creative/flickr We start this ...

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