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  2. List of chemical compounds with unusual names - Wikipedia

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    Chemical nomenclature, replete as it is with compounds with very complex names, is a repository for some names that may be considered unusual. A browse through the Physical Constants of Organic Compounds in the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (a fundamental resource) will reveal not just the whimsical work of chemists, but the sometimes peculiar compound names that occur as the ...

  3. NileRed - Wikipedia

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    Braun had been making videos, mainly tutorials, for fun since his teenage years, creating a YouTube channel on March 10, 2014. His first video was uploaded on March 24, 2014, and many of his early videos were recordings of his projects as a laboratory technician or at his parents' garage, with them later being filmed at his industrial-grade laboratory. [3]

  4. Salt (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    In chemistry, a salt or ionic compound is a chemical compound consisting of an assembly of positively charged ions and negatively charged ions , [1] which results in a compound with no net electric charge (electrically neutral). The constituent ions are held together by electrostatic forces termed ionic bonds.

  5. Eating sour or spicy foods is more about your brain than ...

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    Whether the spice they seek is fiery or acidic and sour, humans can be drawn to the perceived danger of extreme foods. Eating sour or spicy foods is more about your brain than palate, scientists ...

  6. Lye - Wikipedia

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    Lye provides the crisp glaze on hard pretzels. It's used in kutsinta , a type of rice cake from the Philippines together with pitsi-pitsî . [ 4 ] In Assam, north east India, extensive use is made of a type of lye called khar in Assamese and karwi in Boro which is obtained by filtering the ashes of various banana stems, roots and skin in their ...

  7. Monosodium glutamate - Wikipedia

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    [42] [43] Ikeda noticed that dashi, the Japanese broth of katsuobushi and kombu, had a unique taste not yet scientifically described (not sweet, salty, sour, or bitter). [42] To determine which glutamate could result in the taste of umami , he studied the taste properties of numerous glutamate salts such as calcium, potassium, ammonium, and ...

  8. Thioacetone - Wikipedia

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    Thioacetone has an intensely foul odor. Like many low molecular weight organosulfur compounds, the smell is potent and can be detected even when highly diluted. [5] In 1889, an attempt to distill the chemical in the German city of Freiburg was followed by cases of vomiting, nausea, and unconsciousness in an area with a radius of 0.75 kilometres (0.47 mi) around the laboratory due to the smell. [9]

  9. 6 warning signs you're working out too much, and how to ... - AOL

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    Here's what to look out for. You're working out hard, but not making strength or muscle gains ... "If it's one isolated thing, that's not a big deal, but if you're doing it every workout, it's a ...