Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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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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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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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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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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