At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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