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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Your brain is 80% water.
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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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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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