Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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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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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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