A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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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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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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