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What is monoatomic gold?
Over the weekend I heard an acquaintance mention something called "monoatomic gold", followed by a bevy of fantastic and surprising claims about the substance, what it does, and how it was discovered.
My subsequent Google searching has returned a…
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What happens when you mix Lysol and bleach?
My mother just forwarded an email to all her contacts (thanks, mom), warning us of the dangers of mixing Lysol and bleach together. Here's most the content, translated from French:
Bleach and Lysol, a lethal mix
If the experience of my friend can…
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Is an ice-cream tub made of a single molecule?
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In my answer to another question, I repeated a claim made to my class by my high school chemistry teacher. I didn't reference it, because the relevant FAQ suggests high school science can generally be assumed. However, the claim was, to…
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Is tomato juice useful for removing skunk smell?
It's a common belief that you should use tomato juice to remove the smell after you get sprayed by a skunk. Does it work?
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Did Donald Duck accidentally use methylene in a comic before it was discovered?
From Good Comics:
In 1963, the Disney Studio learned just how wide and faithful a
readership Barks had. A letter arrived from Joseph B. Lambert of the
California Institute of Technology, pointing out a curious reference
in “The Spin States of…
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Does (liquid) nitrogen react with chlorine or other chemicals in a swimming pool?
Various news outlets are claiming that people suffered from poisoning after
liquid nitrogen was poured into a swimming pool. The intended effect
was to produce mist.
For example,the telegraph reported (text directly below the headline, above the…
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Is "Malenium Polycarbonate" (from blue-blocking sunglasses) real?
There are some sunglasses I bought back in the 1990s containing lenses that were constructed from plastic materials that blocked blue light. Although claims were made by some vendors that the lenses were made of a material called "Malenium…
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Does only China uniquely possess some 'rare earth elements' that can't be mined elsewhere?
How rare exactly are 'rare earth elements'? I'll use IUPAC's definition.
A rare-earth element (REE) [...] as defined by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, is one of a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table,…
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