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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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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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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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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