At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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