MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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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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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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