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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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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