Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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