During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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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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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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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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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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