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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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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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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