A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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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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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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