Though it sounds bizarre, mixing water into the fuel helps it to burn better.

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"The combination seemed like heresy, like mixing oil and water, " Turley said.

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It can be modified by mixing it with fresh water and a small amount of phenol-based surfactant.

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De Kooning relished studio experiments, like mixing oil paint with water for puckered textures, or off-printing parts of wet paintings onto pages of the Times, making a mad science of beauty.

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The gooey substance produced by mixing cornstarch with a little water is a commonplace example of such a material.

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The light source provides eight hours of electricity per dose of saline water, and the lantern comes with a dedicated water bag for mixing the solution.

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As with the earlier paper that showed that offshore windmills will lower the air temperature around them by 1 degree or so: I assume from that same mixing increasing the evaporation rate of the sea water.

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There is a small risk that people may contract a stomach bug if they come into contact with contaminated water, especially where there has been mixing with sewage.

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Despite being inundated with nearly 1, 000 complaints, the then South West Water Authority (SWWA) insisted the water was safe to drink and advised customers to disguise the "foul" taste by mixing it with orange juice to make it more palatable.

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