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Buildings reglazed after meteorite strike in Russia

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What's the scariest thing you've ever done? Or another way to say it is, what's the most dangerous thing that you've ever done? And why did you do it? I know what the most dangerous thing is that I've ever done because NASA does the math. You look ba

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As anyone who has used such a pump knows, compressed air grows swiftly hot, 使用过打气筒的人都知道，受到压缩的空气马上会变热， and the temperature below it would rise to some 60,000 Kelvin, or ten times the surface temperatur