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Chicken Feathers

When you heat chicken feathers to 750 degrees F they become over 200 times more absorbent.

When you heat chicken feathers to 750 degrees Fahrenheit, they become over 200 times more absorbent and can hold hydrogen even without high pressure.

AIR DATE 10/19/13

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