Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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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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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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