In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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