In 1976, an underachieving Princeton junior undergraduate wrote a term paper detailing how to make a nuclear bomb. He got an "A", but never got his paper back because it was seized by the FBI.
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If you get water flowing fast enough, it can cut metal.
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The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
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An underwater forest off the coast of Alabama that is 50,000 years old was uncovered by Hurricane Katrina.
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It takes 492 seconds for sunlight to reach the Earth!
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Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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