Fact

Gallium melts in your hand

A metal with a melting point below body temperature.

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Gallium melts at about 29.8 degrees Celsius, so a solid lump liquefies in a warm palm. It is used in semiconductors and as a non-toxic substitute for mercury in some thermometers. It also expands on freezing, like water, and will burst a sealed container.

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