Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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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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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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