At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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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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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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