Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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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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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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