There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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An artist in Iowa named Patrick Acton built a complete model of Hogwarts out of matchsticks.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - typically up to 30 years. Western harvester ant queens can live up to 40 years!
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‘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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