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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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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