Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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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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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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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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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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