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What If You Fell Into a Pool of Aerogel?

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Aerogel, the world's lightest solid, is an incredibly rare substance used in spacecraft as an insulator. Imagine filling an entire pool with this material and then jumping into it. What would happen to your skin? What is aerogel composed of, and how much would it cost to do such an experiment?

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