Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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