Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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