Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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It took 200,000 years for humans to reach 3 billion in number. It took 40 years for the next 3 billion.
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After coming across a "very sweet" homeless man from Jamaica named Michael on a night out, Londoner Jenny Baker took to Twitter, and within hours, using the hashtag #getmichaelhome, had raised thousands of pounds so that he could return home to Jamaica where he said he would be "happy again".
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Dolphins can rapidly heal from extreme injuries, such as shark bites, and regenerate their original body shape.
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In 1999, a fisherman found a love letter in a bottle from a soldier in WWI. He returned said letter to the now deceased widows 86 year old daughter.
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