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Diamonds and pencil lead are made of exactly the same element

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Glass is made by melting sand, and lightning strikes can make it naturally

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There are only about 25 grams of francium in Earth's entire crust

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Gallium is a metal that melts in the warmth of your hand

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Helium was found on the Sun before anyone found it on Earth

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Water is at its heaviest at 4°C — which is why ice floats

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Mercury is the only metal that stays liquid at room temperature

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28 Feb 1935

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DuPont's lab synthesizes the first sample of nylon

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6 Mar 1869

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Mendeleev's periodic table was presented to the world

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1 Aug 1774

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Joseph Priestley isolated oxygen gas

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16 Apr 1943

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Albert Hofmann stumbled onto the effects of LSD

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15 Jun 1844

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Charles Goodyear patented vulcanized rubber

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26 Dec 1898

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Marie and Pierre Curie announced the discovery of radium

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