Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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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 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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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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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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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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