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Why Does Metal Smell Tangy? It Doesn't, That's Just Your Body OdorClose-up of a Woman's lip eating a spoonful of coins

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Why Does Metal Smell Tangy? It Doesn't, That's Just Your Body OdorClose-up of a Woman's lip eating a spoonful of coins
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Why Does Metal Smell Tangy? It Doesn't, That's Just Your Body Odor

clock-iconJanuary 23, 2025

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Orichalcum: Ancient Writers Spoke Of A Mysterious Metal Linked To City Of AtlantisStatue of the ancient Greek philospher Plato in Athens, Greece.

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Orichalcum: Ancient Writers Spoke Of A Mysterious Metal Linked To City Of AtlantisStatue of the ancient Greek philospher Plato in Athens, Greece.
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Orichalcum: Ancient Writers Spoke Of A Mysterious Metal Linked To City Of Atlantis

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Strange Metal Shard Probably Isn't Evidence Of Alien Technology, A US National Laboratory ConcludesA blurred black and white photo that looks like a military camera tracking UFO in the sky. The saucer-shaped object is in the middle of the image surrounded by clouds. There is a red circle around it and markers on the frame to indicate its position.

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Strange Metal Shard Probably Isn't Evidence Of Alien Technology, A US National Laboratory ConcludesA blurred black and white photo that looks like a military camera tracking UFO in the sky. The saucer-shaped object is in the middle of the image surrounded by clouds. There is a red circle around it and markers on the frame to indicate its position.
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Strange Metal Shard Probably Isn't Evidence Of Alien Technology, A US National Laboratory Concludes

clock-iconSeptember 18, 2024
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The Planet’s Largest Source Of Battery Metals Sits 4,000 Meters Beneath The Seaa coral attached to a manganese nodule

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The Planet’s Largest Source Of Battery Metals Sits 4,000 Meters Beneath The Seaa coral attached to a manganese nodule
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The Planet’s Largest Source Of Battery Metals Sits 4,000 Meters Beneath The Sea

clock-iconJune 12, 2024
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Something Very Weird Happens To Metal In Spaceseveral metal sheets overlayed and seen from an angle

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Something Very Weird Happens To Metal In Spaceseveral metal sheets overlayed and seen from an angle
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Something Very Weird Happens To Metal In Space

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Up To $24 Billion Of "Invisible Gold" Could Be Sitting In South AfricaGold mines seen in the landscape from above.

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Up To $24 Billion Of "Invisible Gold" Could Be Sitting In South AfricaGold mines seen in the landscape from above.
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Up To $24 Billion Of "Invisible Gold" Could Be Sitting In South Africa

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What Does Plutonium Taste Like?A black and white photograph of small round drops of plutonium.

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What Does Plutonium Taste Like?A black and white photograph of small round drops of plutonium.
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What Does Plutonium Taste Like?

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A New Ore Containing Invaluable Rare Metal Has Been Found In ChinaA satellite image of China's Bayan Obo Mining District taken in 2006.

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A New Ore Containing Invaluable Rare Metal Has Been Found In ChinaA satellite image of China's Bayan Obo Mining District taken in 2006.
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A New Ore Containing Invaluable Rare Metal Has Been Found In China

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A Self-Healing Metal Has Been Discovered For The First TimeWhen placed under strain at Sandia National Laboratories in the direction of the red arrows a fissure formed along the green that then healed over

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A Self-Healing Metal Has Been Discovered For The First TimeWhen placed under strain at Sandia National Laboratories in the direction of the red arrows a fissure formed along the green that then healed over
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A Self-Healing Metal Has Been Discovered For The First Time

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Perkins' Metallic Tractors: Doctors Used To Think These Metal Rods Could Cure EverythingCaricature of a quack treating a patient with Perkins Patent Tractors

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Perkins' Metallic Tractors: Doctors Used To Think These Metal Rods Could Cure EverythingCaricature of a quack treating a patient with Perkins Patent Tractors
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Perkins' Metallic Tractors: Doctors Used To Think These Metal Rods Could Cure Everything

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4,000 Meters Below The Sea Lies The Planet's Largest Source Of Battery Metalsmanganese nodules

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4,000 Meters Below The Sea Lies The Planet's Largest Source Of Battery Metalsmanganese nodules
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4,000 Meters Below The Sea Lies The Planet's Largest Source Of Battery Metals

clock-iconMay 23, 2023
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This Is Why You Should Never Wear A Metal Butt Plug In An MRI MachineA futuristic-looking MRI machine.

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This Is Why You Should Never Wear A Metal Butt Plug In An MRI MachineA futuristic-looking MRI machine.
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This Is Why You Should Never Wear A Metal Butt Plug In An MRI Machine

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Why Did Gold Become The Go-To Element For Money?Close-up of a gold-bar and gold-nugget

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Why Did Gold Become The Go-To Element For Money?Close-up of a gold-bar and gold-nugget
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Why Did Gold Become The Go-To Element For Money?

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Shipwrecks Reveal Famous Benin Bronzes Were Forged From German BrassBenin Bronzes

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Shipwrecks Reveal Famous Benin Bronzes Were Forged From German BrassBenin Bronzes
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Shipwrecks Reveal Famous Benin Bronzes Were Forged From German Brass

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The Largest Silver Nugget Ever Found Weighed More Than An American BisonA large silver nugget in a black and white photo. A big chain is around the top portion of the nugget.

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The Largest Silver Nugget Ever Found Weighed More Than An American BisonA large silver nugget in a black and white photo. A big chain is around the top portion of the nugget.
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The Largest Silver Nugget Ever Found Weighed More Than An American Bison

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