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    At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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    Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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    There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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    Bioluminescent Plants
    Bioluminescent Plants
    The world's first genetically-engineered bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) house plants have been created and could eventually be used as a functional light source.
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    Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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    If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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    Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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