If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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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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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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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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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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