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About the only thing that is not automated inside the Exeloo Galaxy is the reason for entering this space age toilet unit.
Entry into the Exeloo is via automated doors. Upon entry clients are welcomed by a computerised male voice. This is followed by muzak versions of Burt Bacharach's What…
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Yes and that's because it contains an amino acid called Cysteine Hydrochloride (HCL). This amino acid is refined into L-Cysteine and can be used to process dough. It conditions and reduces the time to mix dough and is used in pizzas, croissants, bagels and a wide range of bakery items.…
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Engineers from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) are investigating using old cigarette butts to make bricks.
So far the research, being led by Abbas Mohajerani, has found it is possible to include cigarette butts in light weight bricks. About five percent of the raw materials for their…
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The word pollution comes from the Middle English pollucioun, originally from the Latin polluere (meaning to soil, defile or contaminate).
The thing is, in about 1380 the Middle English meaning of pollucioun was a little remarkable..
At that time it meant: desecration/profanity; spiritual or moral impiety and the discharge of…
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The study of physics and chemistry is confusing.... So when the local crematorium says your aunt's gold dental fillings can't be recovered, what should you think? And what about her old silver fillings, what happens to the mercury in them?
The standard crematorium kiln operates at between 800 - 1000…
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The most recent Australian figures show (from 1997 until 2007) baby boys under the age of one year had a greater chance of dying then girls.
From birth to one (for every 1000 births) 4.7 boys died compared to 4.1 girls. 1999 was a particularly bad year for boys with…
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