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Unusual

Measured fact

A metal can be a liquid at room temperature, and that metal is mercury.

A common octopus
Albert Kok. CC BY-SA 3.0.

How we know

In a sealed lab tube, mercury sits as a shiny liquid in an ordinary warm room.

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