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Jell-O consists of four main ingredients: gelatin, water, artificial sweetener, and food coloring. Gelatin gives Jell-O its weird, not-quite-liquid-but-also-not-very-solid structure. Not to gross you out, but gelatin is made up of a kind of a protein called collagen that’s found in cow and pig hides, hooves, bones, and connective tissue. To make Jell-O, this stuff is boiled down, chemicals are added to it, and then the collagen is extracted. Humans also have collagen — it makes your bones, skin, and muscles strong but also kind of elastic. Collagen is the “bend but not break” protein.
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What is a bruise?
A bruise is also called a contusion (say: ken-too-zhen), and it forms after a hard enough bump to the soft tissues under your skin. When these tissues are injured, small…
How many bones in the human body?
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What are fingernails and toenails made of?
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How can you tell whether a number is divisible by another number (leaving no remainder) without actually doing the division?
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What happened on the Fourth of July?
Lots of people assume that the the Declaration of Independence was signed on the Fourth of July, but that’s not true. Here’s what happened in 1776: June 28 – The…