Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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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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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 concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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