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- ...that a laser harp (pictured) is an electronic musical instrument consisting of several laser beams that are blocked to produce sound?
- ...that Terminonatator ponteixensis is the type and only species described for Terminonatator, a genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaur from Late Cretaceous of Saskatchewan, Canada?
- ...necrotizing fasciitis is a rare infection of subcutaneous tissues that results in the necrosis of the flesh?
- ...Napalm-B, used in the Vietnam War, was synthesized with only three ingredients: polystyrene, gasoline, and benzene?
- ...Active noise canceling headphones, use circuitry to produce destructive wave interference to attenuate background sound?