Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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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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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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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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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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