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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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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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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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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