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  2. Liquid breathing - Wikipedia

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    Liquid breathing is a form of respiration in which a normally air-breathing organism breathes an oxygen-rich liquid which is capable of CO 2 gas exchange (such as a perfluorocarbon). [ 1 ] The liquid involved requires certain physical properties, such as respiratory gas solubility, density, viscosity, vapor pressure and lipid solubility, which ...

  3. List of fictional drinks - Wikipedia

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    Products marketed by Willy Wonka, the first used to make butterscotch and soda, the second used for buttergin and tonic. The Oompa-Loompas are very fond of both. Pinot Grand Fenwick The Mouse That Roared: 1955 A wine made in the fictional Duchy of Grand Fenwick, an independent microstate from Leonard Wibberley's Grand Fenwick series. The wine ...

  4. I Shall Survive Using Potions! - Wikipedia

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    An orphan boy named Gum helps Kaoru at one point and he and his friends are given lots of food as a reward by Belle and Emil, who share their backstory with Kaoru. A soldier commander arrives to buy potions from Kaoru for his men and makes a deal with her. Gum is later hired to work at Kaoru's shop after being inspired by Belle and Emil.

  5. Elixir of life - Wikipedia

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    Similarities have been noted with a folktale from the Ryukyu Islands, in which the moon god decides to give man the water of life (Miyako: sïlimizï), and serpents the water of death (sïnimizï). However, the person entrusted with carrying the pails down to Earth gets tired and takes a break, and a serpent bathes in the water of life ...

  6. Work of breathing - Wikipedia

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    The normal relaxed state of the lung and chest is partially empty. Further exhalation requires muscular work. Inhalation is an active process requiring work. [4] Some of this work is to overcome frictional resistance to flow, and part is used to deform elastic tissues, and is stored as potential energy, which is recovered during the passive process of exhalation, Tidal breathing is breathing ...

  7. List of Fablehaven's magical creatures - Wikipedia

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    Virgil is a satyr who studies Humbuggle's games, and sees the dwarf as a hero, but is a valuable companion to Seth and later Kendra. Sea Serpent Sea Serpents are mentioned in Book 3 by Warren, and later in book 3 of Dragonwatch. They are huge serpents who breathe air or water and can be some of the largest creatures in the world.

  8. “You Can’t Make This Up”: 30 Retail Workers Recall Their ...

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    Image credits: Flashy_Watercress398 #2. Had a woman berate me for 5 solid minutes about why I was working on Christmas day. I finally said "because of people like *you* that can't plan ahead.

  9. Potion - Wikipedia

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    A bottle of colored liquid labelled as a love potion A collection of vials labelled as potions. A potion is a liquid "that contains medicine, poison, or something that is supposed to have magic powers." [1] It derives from the Latin word potio which refers to a drink or the act of drinking. [2]