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Why do perfectly ripe bananas seemingly cause nearby fruits in a bowl to rot aggressively faster?

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Glycerol can be chemically extracted from peanut oil and then treated with nitric and sulfuric acids to create nitroglycerin, one of the primary volatile components used in the manufacturing of commercial dynamite.

How one apple can ripen the fruit around it

Pineapples contain a flesh-eating enzyme called bromelain that actively digests proteins, meaning that when you eat a pineapple, the fruit is literally trying to eat you back.

The tree that fooled a scientist about where wood comes from

What creates the blue haze over mountain ridges

Avocados contain a fungicidal toxin called persin, which is completely harmless to humans but highly poisonous to almost every other animal, including dogs, cats, horses, and birds.

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