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Crush a Wintergreen Mint in the Dark and It Sparks
Bite a hard wintergreen sweet in a pitch-dark room and your mouth will flash blue — a real, repeatable phenomenon with a properly serious name.
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There Is No Such Thing as a Raw Cashew
The bag says raw, the shop says raw, and it is not raw — because the shell it came out of holds an oil that irritates skin much like poison ivy does.
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The Eiffel Tower Is Taller in Summer
Iron expands when it warms, so the tower grows by 12 to 15 centimetres between a cold winter day and a hot summer one, and its top leans away from the sun while it does it.
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Gallium Is a Metal That Melts in Your Hand
Gallium melts at about 29.8 degrees Celsius, well below body temperature, so a small piece of this silvery metal held in your palm turns into a liquid puddle with no furnace or fire required.