stackyFACTSThe absolute lazy freeloader of the atmosphere. It quietly occupies nearly one percent of the air around us but does absolutely nothing useful, just endlessly floating around ignoring every other active element trying to get work done.
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Despite sounding exactly like a fictional superhero weakness, it does absolutely nothing interesting. It just acts as a deeply unreactive, boring gas…
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While you are shivering in winter, nitrogen considers the exact same temperature an absolute scorcher. This incredibly abundant atmospheric gas boils at minus…
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