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Why can pilots comfortably sleep while the plane is full of passengers?
Many people wonder whether pilots can really sleep on planes, especially on long flights. The answer is yes.
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Why are essential vitamins for the body named alphabetically?
They are very necessary substances for the body, but vitamins are named very simply such as vitamin A, B, vitamin C, D..., not by long and difficult to remember names li…
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The US Air Force releases the first official photos of the 'stealth super plane' B-21!
B-21 Raider bomber, also known as
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Why are lithium-ion batteries easy to catch fire and explode?
Under certain conditions, lithium-ion batteries can continuously and uncontrollably heat up, leading to fire and explosion.
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Why is Hoh Xil called the 'human forbidden area'?
Located on the Tibetan plateau, Hoh Xil has an average altitude of over 4,500 meters, with many peaks over 6,000 meters high.
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Papua New Guineans have 5% of their 'superhuman' genes from other humans
The ratio of human genes is extremely different
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The most dangerous thing in the world: Just look at it for 5 minutes and you will die, you won't be able to get close for hundreds of years!
This object is shaped like a giant leg, located in the Chernobyl area, Ukraine.
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Physicists find the first clue about 'colloidal particles' - a type of particle formed by force
After decades of effort and observations of billions of particle birth events, a group of physicists made a shocking observation.
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Has the 'most controversial' mystery in the Mona Lisa painting been solved?
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is perhaps the most famous painting in the world. Hundreds of years later, people still have not solved all the mysteries surrounding this…
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Spectacular artificial waterfall in the heart of a city in China
Right in the center of Guiyang city in China, there is a majestic waterfall pouring down from a 121 m high building.
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The strange phenomenon appeared on the day Empress Dowager Cixi was born, foreshadowing the fall of the Qing Dynasty
When Empress Dowager Cixi was born, book
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How did supercontinents form and disintegrate?
Heat from radiation processes taking place inside the Earth causes the tectonic plates above to move, gather or separate from each other.
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Anti-collapse structure inspired by lizards
The self-isolating design of damaged areas by Spanish researchers will help high-rise buildings avoid chain collapse.
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The world's first ship powered by wood pellets
Ships running by burning wood pellets can reduce carbon emissions by 22% compared to ships using fossil fuels.
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How to deal with turbulence on a plane?
Surely everyone has experienced the feeling of anxiety, even panic, when the plane suddenly encountered turbulence overhead.